Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: Abortion as a Means of Family Planning in Russia in the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Abortion as a Means of Family Planning in Russia in the First Quarter of the Twentieth Century

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2013 6 (7)
Authors: Severyanov, Mikhail D.; Anisimova, Larisa U.
Contact information: Severyanov, Mikhail D.: Siberian Federal University, 79 Svobodny pr., Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia; e-mail: ; Anisimova, Larisa U.: Russian State Social University (branch in Krasnoyarsk), 11, Mozhaiskogo st., Krasnoyarsk, 660041 Russia;
Keywords: law; legal and clandestine abortion; family planning; fertility; mortality
Abstract: In November 18, 1920 Soviet Russia became the first state in the world ever to legalize abortion. The authors of this article summarize the experience of its legalization in the 1920–1936 years. Reveal the socio-economic, health and other reasons that motivate women to abortion, moreover, authors show the interrelation the number of children in the family and mortality, as a result uncovered concrete historical causality adopted in the USSR in 1936 a law banning abortion.
Pages: 1066-1074
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/9872