Violates the Constitution: The government and the State Duma criticized the Nizhny Novgorod bill banning abortions in private clinics.

About it says In the draft official response to the bill prepared by the Russian government, the government believes that the Nizhny Novgorod Legislative Assembly's initiative requires significant revision.

The State Duma's legal department also issued a negative opinion on this legislative initiative, and the Duma Committee on Health Protection also voted against it.

According to the government and members of parliament, the draft law is inconsistent with constitutional criteria for the permissibility of limiting citizens' rights and freedoms and could lead to a violation of their rights to health care and high-quality, accessible medical care.

In its response, the government recalled that all medical institutions in Russia have equal rights and responsibilities, regardless of their legal status, and that the amendments proposed by the Nizhny Novgorod authorities limit the rights of private clinics and exclude them from the process, which will lead to increased expenditures for the Russian budget.

NeMoskva wrote that in November, deputies of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Legislative Assembly supported the A proposal to ban abortions in private clinics and introduce penalties for "inducing abortion." In 2024, private clinics in Karelia tacitly banned perform gentle medical abortions. And a month ago, the State Duma Committee on Health Protection acted with a proposal to reduce the period for abortion at a woman's request from 12 to 9 weeks.