{"id":172482,"date":"2026-01-21T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T12:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172482\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"health-minister-suggests-banning-abortions-in-private-clinics","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/172482\/","title":{"rendered":"Health minister suggests banning abortions in private clinics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 21, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus\u2019 Health Minister Alaksandar Chad\u017eaje\u016d has proposed prohibiting private clinics from performing surgical abortions, citing what he described as ineffective pre-abortion counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn private clinics, efficiency reaches only 20 percent [meaning 20 percent of patients decide against abortion], while in state clinics we see much stronger results \u2014 35\u201340 percent,\u201d he said during a hearing at the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Belarusian National Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chad\u017eaje\u016d emphasized that the nation needs to increase its birth rate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued against shortening the legal abortion deadline from 12 to 9 weeks of pregnancy, saying women should be given more time to make a decision in favor of carrying a pregnancy to term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has seen a sharp decline in abortions, from 29,797 in 2014 to 14,444 in 2024, or 6.8 procedures per 1,000 women. The abortion rate among women of reproductive age fell from 36 per 1,000 in 2000 to 12.8 in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brsm-polessu.by_-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brsm-polessu.by_-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brsm-polessu.by_-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brsm-polessu.by_-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brsm-polessu.by_-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/brsm-polessu.by_.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Officials promote earlier marriage, note decrease in abortions<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 10, Pozirk. Officials and the Belarusian National Youth Union (BNYU) will join their efforts to encourage young people to marry earlier and become parents, Social Security Minister Valeryj Kavalko\u016d has told reporters in Minsk. Surveys show that if a &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/108808\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 21, Pozirk. Belarus\u2019 Health Minister Alaksandar Chad\u017eaje\u016d has proposed prohibiting private clinics from performing surgical abortions, citing what he described as ineffective pre-abortion counseling. \u201cIn private clinics, efficiency reaches only 20 percent [meaning 20 percent of patients decide against abortion], while in state clinics we see much stronger results \u2014 35\u201340 percent,\u201d he said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":63993,"template":"","rubric":[15],"class_list":["post-172482","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-society"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Health minister suggests banning abortions in private clinics | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 21, Pozirk. 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