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According to the [[United Nations]], [[Russia]] has the highest incidence of [[abortion]] in the world at a staggering 53.7 per 1000 live births<ref>[http://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=GenderStat&f=inID:12 UN Data]</ref> (amongst women aged 15–44). In 1920 Russia was the first country to legalize abortion for any reason although it was later banned between 1936 and 1954 by [[Josef Stalin]].  

'''Abortion in Russia''' has been rapidly declining under its recent strongly [[pro-life]] policies, after how [[communism]] encouraged [[abortion]] at any time: "the number of abortions recorded in [[Russia]] reached over 2 million in 2000 and dropped to over 550,000 in 2020. The abortion rate has been steadily decreasing since 2020, although it remains high overall."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/abortion-legal-russia-how-us-compares-other-nations-1702904</ref>  That is less in 2020 than the abortions in the [[United States]], where there were 930,160 nationwide as reported by Guttmacher and 620,327 as reported by the [[CDC]] without including [[California]], [[Maryland]], and [[New Hampshire]].<ref>https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/01/11/what-the-data-says-about-abortion-in-the-u-s-2/</ref>

 

In 1920 Russia was the first country to legalize abortion for any reason, under [[Lenin]]. Some argue that it was later banned between 1936 and 1954 by [[Josef Stalin]], although it is difficult to see how that would consistent with the communist ideology of pushing all women into the workforce.  

By 1959 the average woman in Russia was having four abortions in her lifetime.  With the collapse of communism that number has fallen by more than 50%.<ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.demographia.ru%2Farticles_N%2Findex.html%3FidR%3D23%26idArt%3D904&sl=ru&tl=en</ref>

By 1959 the average woman in Russia was having four abortions in her lifetime.  With the collapse of communism that number has fallen by more than 50%.<ref>http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=ru&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.demographia.ru%2Farticles_N%2Findex.html%3FidR%3D23%26idArt%3D904&sl=ru&tl=en</ref>