The department recalled that women can terminate a pregnancy at will for up to 12 weeks. Recently, the Ministry of Health published a draft order that provided for the reduction of diseases and pathologies for which there is a medical indication for abortion. After that, criticism fell upon the department - it was accused of restricting a woman's rights to terminate pregnancy. The Ministry of Health rushed to respond to the accusations and said that the new project does not abolish the right to abortion, but establishes a list of medical indications for which a pregnancy can be terminated at different times. Writes about this RBC with reference to the message of the department, received by the publication. Health officials recalled that after 12 weeks, pregnancy can be terminated if there are social indicators (pregnancy that occurs after rape) and if there is a medical indication, when pregnancy threatens the woman's health. In response to accusations of reducing the list of fetal pathologies that may become the basis for abortion, the department recalled that “the question of the question of maintaining or terminating pregnancy is decided individually by a consultation of doctors with the participation of an obstetrician-gynecologist, a neonatologist (after 22 weeks of pregnancy), a geneticist (with established and suspected fetal anomalies and injuries) and an ultrasound diagnostics doctor (with established and suspected fetal anomalies and injuries). " Recall that after the draft order was submitted for public discussion, many spoke negatively about the content of the document. Thus, Oksana Pushkina, deputy head of the Duma committee on family, women and children, said that the department plans to limit women in the right to terminate pregnancy with a list of pathologies and diseases. She noted that such measures could lead to disaster and the resumption of the practice of "artisanal abortion". The department has already reported that they will finalize the document. Photo: Depositphotos
