Abortion policies coverage in Georgia

By tsomaiat
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    legalization of abortion

    no coverage

  • family code developed and zhenotdel created

    women work at home and outside, no coverage
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    abortion is banned

    heroine mothers, cult of motherhood

  • family law developed by Khrushchev

    out of wedlock births increased, 8.7 mln fatherless children were born; abortion is taboo
  • Period: to

    decriminalization of abortion

    abortion taboo

  • high fertility rates and high demand on female labor

    abortion is taboo

  • pick number of abortions

    abortion is taboo

  • aim is to raise fertility rates

    abortion is taboo

  • war (Sokhumi, Tskhinvali, Tbilisi)

    conservative national discourse, The deterioration of the vital registration system was observed after the break up of the USSR in 1991(Duthe et al 2010); sex ratio per birth is screwed; abortion is taboo

  • highest abortion rates

    sex ratio per birth- 112-114

  • rose revolution

    building of the great nation abortion is taboo, we don's have sex selection

  • Patriarch's initiative

    Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili publicly stated that the Patriarch deserves much of the credit for the rising birth rate, which was 35% higher in 2009 than in 2005. abortion is taboo

  • 2008 Georgian- Russian August war

    3 articles are published

  • sex ratio per birth decreases

    9 articles are published

  • council of Europe report is published

    Stump, Doris. "Prenatal sex selection." Report from the Committee on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men. Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2011). Doc 12715. 30 articles were published

  • legislation ban on sex selection (Georgian dream)

    20000 God children; 119 articles are published