March 12, 2026
by Yuliia Taradiuk, Kyiv Independent
Russian-controlled authorities in occupied Ukraine are increasing restrictions on women's reproductive rights, effectively preventing them from accessing abortions, according to the NGO East Human Rights Group.
"The (Russian) regime needs children to be born, even if the child is unwanted, without proper conditions to grow up in," Vera Iastrebova, the head of the East Human Rights Group, told the Kyiv Independent.
Continued: https://kyivindependent.com/russia-tightens-control-over-abortion-in-ukraines-occupied-territories/