La Russie recommande d'envoyer chez le psy les femmes qui ne veulent pas d'enfants
The declining birth rate in Russia has been a major concern for President Vladimir Putin since he came to power 25 years ago. And since the launch in February 2022 of the offensive against Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands of young men were sent, this problem has worsened.
The Russian Ministry of Health now recommends that doctors send women who do not want children "to a consultation with a psychologist with the aim of forming a positive attitude towards motherhood," according to the text of the document seen by AFP on Thursday.
These recommendations were approved at the end of February, but were only made public this week by the media.
According to the document, doctors should invite women aged 18 to 49 to annual medical consultations aimed at "assessing their reproductive health".
These recommendations also provide for similar consultations for men of the same age, but only to assess their physical health, without resorting to psychologists.
The Kremlin leader presents the decline in Russia's population as a matter of national survival, warning in 2024 that Russia would face "extinction" if it did not increase its birth rate.
The country's birth rate is at its lowest in 200 years, at around 1.4 children per woman, well below the threshold of 2.1 that demographers consider necessary to stabilize the population.
In recent years, Moscow has tightened abortion laws and passed legislation making so-called "child-free propaganda" illegal. Large families are glorified in the media and receive a multitude of financial and social benefits from the state.
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