"We will handle each case manually": the Vologda governor has opened a hotline for those who were illegally denied abortions by doctors. But there's a catch.
To protect violated rights, the governor Georgy Filimonov recommended Call the phone number linked to the admissions department of the Perinatal Center.
"This is a pre-abortion counseling line. They'll talk you out of abortion, not talk about your rights, write Residents of Vologda commented on this news. The goal of this initiative is to intercept those who could potentially go to the prosecutor's office or to court.".
The abortion ban scandal erupted in February when the regional head demanded private and public clinics "to completely refuse the license to provide the procedure of artificial termination of pregnancy."
However, the refusal to provide this type of service is contrary to federal legislation: the regional prosecutor's office has already recognized Six cases were deemed illegal. The head physician of one maternity hospital, who refused, citing a "verbal order from the Ministry of Health" and "religious considerations," was fined 15 rubles.
Against the backdrop of these events, Filimonov saidthat medical institutions “are obligated to provide assistance to a woman if there are medical contraindications to childbirth.”
If you believe you are being illegally denied an abortion, please contact our hotline. — he emphasized. — We will handle each case manually."
"I'm embarrassed to ask, what is he planning to do there in manual mode?" are indignant People commented. They also believe that to protect violated rights, one should contact the prosecutor's office, not the Ministry of Health agency that violated them.
"I decided to put aside my guilt and let the doctors answer." suggest residents discussing Filimonov's motives.
The governor himself, in his post, called abortion "infanticide" and warned of the threat of extinction of the Slavic population in the Vologda region. At the same time, he commented the theory that "paranoid Satanists, driven mad by impotence," are preparing a PR campaign against his reforms.
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