ARMENIA TO PASS NEW LAW ON PREGNANCY? – NEWSPAPER
July 24, 2013 | 07:54
YEREVAN. – In line with predictions, if abortions due to the gender
of the fetus continue in Armenia, nearly 93,000 future mothers will
not be born in the country by the year 2060, Zhamanak daily reports.
“By the year 2060, the number of unborn girls [in Armenia] will make
up 2,000 per year. As a consequence of preferring [baby] boys over
[baby] girls, the population of Armenia will drop by 80,000.
The disproportion in the gender of the newborns was disturbed in
Armenia ever since 1991.
Gayane Avagyan, Head of the Maternal and Reproductive Health Protection
Department of the Health Ministry, proposes to adopt a law on not
informing the parents about the gender of the fetus until six months
into the pregnancy. According to her, in this case no one will resort
to abortion,” Zhamanak writes.
From: Baghdasarian
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