Russia Imposes First Prison Sentence for Illegal Abortion in St. Petersburg

A St. Petersburg court sentenced a woman posing as a gynecologist to nine months in prison for performing an illegal abortion that caused physical harm—the first such prison term in Russia. The case signals a judicial hardening on abortion enforcement, though it involves an unlicensed practitioner rather than a licensed physician. This may presage stricter enforcement of Russia's abortion restrictions.

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