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===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ===Laws & Social Stigmas=== | ||
In Russia, you can obtain birth control pills without a prescription. | In Russia, you can obtain birth control pills and condoms without a prescription. | ||
In 2015, it was estimated that about 69% of Russian women (who were married/in unions and between ages 15 to 49) used any form of contraception, including traditional methods, and that about 10% of Russian women had unmet family planning needs. The most common forms of contraception for Russian women were the usage of male condoms with their partners (about 26%), IUDs (about 14%), and birth control pills (about 13%). The most common traditional method was withdrawal (about 12% of women) while the rhythm method was much less common (about 1%). There were low rates of usage for vaginal barrier methods (about 2%), female sterilization (about 1%), and practically no usage of contraceptive implants (0.0%) and contraceptive injectables (0.0%). | |||
Generally speaking, sex education remains very low in Russia, contributing to limited knowledge of contraceptive methods. Sex education is not compulsory in Russian public schools. It's estimated that only 5% of Russian teens have been educated on contraception and family planning.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_reproductive_health_in_Russia Women's Reproductive Health In Russia]</ref> | |||
Fortunately, contraception is becoming a more dominant method in Russian society. In 2003, the NYTimes reported, "For 50 years, Russian women relied on state-financed abortions as their main form of birth control. With pills, condoms and other contraceptives often in short supply, most women in Russia expected to face at least one and sometimes more than a dozen trips to the abortion clinic over their childbearing years. Now the Russian government is attempting to slow the abortion rate. It is an admirable goal, given the toll that multiple abortions have taken on the health and fertility of Russia's women."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/opinion/birth-control-in-russia.html Birth Control in Russia]</ref> | Fortunately, contraception is becoming a more dominant method in Russian society. In 2003, the NYTimes reported, "For 50 years, Russian women relied on state-financed abortions as their main form of birth control. With pills, condoms and other contraceptives often in short supply, most women in Russia expected to face at least one and sometimes more than a dozen trips to the abortion clinic over their childbearing years. Now the Russian government is attempting to slow the abortion rate. It is an admirable goal, given the toll that multiple abortions have taken on the health and fertility of Russia's women."<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/02/opinion/birth-control-in-russia.html Birth Control in Russia]</ref> | ||