Mother Russia now sees more abortions than babies born

[David_Paul]

The London Times
09-24-05
*From Jeremy Page in Moscow *

IN THE two days since Lisa Petrachkova was born, Russia’s population has dropped by an estimated 2,000 people.

By the time she is one, more than 200,000 Russians will have died of unnatural causes . . .

By her 50th birthday, Russia’s population could have halved, based on current trends. Little does she know it as she lies next to her mother, Masha, in a Moscow maternity ward, but Lisa is on the front line of a national fight for survival. By Russian standards, she is lucky to have made it even this far: last year, there were 1.6 million registered abortions in Russia and 1.5 million births . . .

According to the Federal Statistics Service, the population of 143 million could plummet to 77 million by the middle of this century. It dropped by almost half a million in the last year alone . . .

Life expectancy for Russian men has dropped to 58.8, which is 20 years below the average in Iceland. The main killer is heart disease but death by unnatural causes — industrial accidents, car crashes, military conflict — comes second, killing 200,000 people every year.

“This looks like a battlefield loss rate,” said Irina Sbarskaya, head of the Federal Statistics Service population department.

Russia’s birth rate, meanwhile, has risen slightly as baby-boomers from the 1980s reach reproductive age. But it is still way below the levels needed to keep the population stable. The result is that Russia will not have enough workers to drive its economy by around 2020.

Natalya Rimashevskaya, a population analyst, said: “We have reached a point of no return. In terms of numbers there will never be more of us than before. But this is not the worst of it. The danger is that we are reaching another point of no return, in terms of the quality of the population.”

That much is already clear from the number of Russian schoolchildren, which has dropped by one million a year since 1999, according to the Education Ministry.

There are now 5,604 schools in Russia with only ten pupils each . . .

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[Crow]

The culture of death is in full bloom in many parts of the world.

I wish myself and my wife could have more children (3 total, my wife can’t anymore).

 

[Writer]

I almost had an article published recently which touched on this issue. It is a big deal, and it is partly due to the Culture of Death. Eventually, there may be military implications which could affect our national security, as well–e.g safeguarding their borders and nuclear weapons.

 

[David_Paul]

Writer…be interested in reading it when published. If you could drop me a PM I’ld appreciate it.

 

[Crow]

David_Paul:

Writer…be interested in reading it when published. If you could drop me a PM I’ld appreciate it.

Same here writer, appreciate it. I always welcome good reading!

God bless…

 

[Writer]

Crow:

Same here writer, appreciate it. I always welcome good reading!

God bless…

Crow and David Paul,

Thank you for your interest. Sure, I’d be happy to send you the last version. Do you want to just send me an e-mail to karlerickson@earthlink.net, then I’ll reply with the article? Unfortunately, the article underwent a “sea change” from begining to end. It began as a rather complicated essay called “Respice Finem”, but an interested editor at *This Rock *suggested I condense and streamline it further for their audience. The new version, though, ended-up being directed to what the editor felt was a slightly different audience. Anyway, to make a long story short(er), the new version, “A Blinded Culture”, has had the Russian examples edited out, I think, but I can certainly add those paragrpahs to the end of the e-mailed article.

 

[2perfection]

Writer:

I almost had an article published recently which touched on this issue. It is a big deal, and it is partly due to the Culture of Death. Eventually, there may be military implications which could affect our national security, as well–e.g safeguarding their borders and nuclear weapons.

Two cultures of death in one posting…

 

[2perfection]

2perfection:

Two cultures of death in one posting…

and not a single person baulked except me

 

[2perfection]

2perfection:

and not a single person bauled except me

You do know militarism ALWAYS leads to war and death?

 

[Eileen_T]

The result is that Russia will not have enough workers to drive its economy by around 2020.

This is happening in almost every country where abortion is on demand. Politicians talk about immigrants making up the difference but don’t say where those hypothetical immigrants are going to come from, or how they will be sought be many other countries.

 

[Writer]

2perfection:

You do know militarism ALWAYS leads to war and death?

Hmmm… Actually, the Fall of Man creates the sad need for the military in the first place, which is, of course, different than militarism, which actually is characterized by an aggressive stance of military preparedness.

If the Russian population implosion continues, the government may be at a loss to secure its own borders. If that takes place, it will only be a matter of time before terrorists obtain military-grade radioactive material, components, or the weapons themselves. If that occurs, we’d all better hope we have a good military in place and a lot “prayer warriors” on top of that. It is interesting to note that I don’t believe the Islamic nations are seeing the troubling demographic drops seen in western-influenced nations.

 

[Lizzie]

Writer:

Hmmm… Actually, the Fall of Man creates the sad need for the military in the first place, which is, of course, different than militarism, which actually is characterized by an aggressive stance of military preparedness.

If the Russian population implosion continues, the government may be at a loss to secure its own borders. If that takes place, it will only be a matter of time before terrorists obtain military-grade radioactive material, components, or the weapons themselves. If that occurs, we’d all better hope we have a good military in place and a lot “prayer warriors” on top of that. It is interesting to note that I don’t believe the Islamic nations are seeing the troubling demographic drops seen in western-influenced nations.

Thoughful statements!