Doctors of Rostov clinic refuse abortions for Easter week

Moscow, April 18, Interfax – Doctors refused to make abortions in one of Rostov-on-Don hospitals on last days before Easter.
Natalya Mihailova | 20 April 2014
Doctors of Rostov clinic refuse abortions for Easter week

As spiritual guide of prenatal clinic priest Dionisy Reutsky told Komsomolskaya Pravda daily, it had been practiced for two years and included the days of Easter and Christmas celebrations. This year the action is prolonged for three more days.

“We want to avoid abortions at least on these days as from the Orthodox point of view it is a murder,” Father Dionisy said.

Doctors say that formally the law is not violated.

“There is an order of the Russian Health Ministry that recommends to hold an examination up to seven days and not to make an abortion on the day of appeal. Thus, a woman is given time to think it over, to avoid spontaneous decisions. If a woman practices another faith or has medical indications for an abortion, she will be headed to the in-patient clinic. Anyway, she won’t be left without help,” doctors say.

Since you are here…

…we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong.

Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable.

For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir.

If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life's purpose, family and society.