YEREVAN. – As compared with 15 to 20 years ago, the women in Armenia today take the matters concerning abortion and childbirth more seriously.
Gynecologist Gayane Avagyan, Head of the Maternal and Reproductive Health Protection Department of the Health Ministry, stated the aforesaid during a press conference on Thursday.
“They were treating abortion more lightly 15 to 20 years ago. [But] our young women [today] take this matter more seriously. And if they do not wish to have a child in a given period, they try to use modern means of contraceptives,” the specialist said.
In her words, this trend is a new manifestation in Armenia with respect to women’s demeanor toward reproduction, and it is the culture of the Armenians’ domain of reproduction.
Avagyan also presented the data of the statistics which the ministry had conducted. In line with these data, the absolute number of abortions in Armenia is between 6,500 and 7,000 in recent years, in the case when 43,000 to 44,000 childbirths are recorded in the country.
In Avagyan’s words, the abortion-birth ratio is 1/1 in numerous countries, including Armenia.
Gayane Avagyan also spoke about the ages of women in Armenia that give birth and that have an abortion. And the respective results show that women in Armenia primarily have an abortion after their first and second pregnancy.
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