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With 75 000 births per year, Bulgaria’s 37 000 abortions on average annually mean that one-third of all pregnancies end with abortion. Photo by actualno.com
Bulgaria is ranked third in Eastern Europe after Russia and Ukraine on the percentage of abortions.
This has been announced during a press conference at the Sheynovo gynecology hospital in Sofia on Saturday.
With 75 000 births per year, Bulgaria’s 37 000 abortions on average annually mean that one-third of all pregnancies end with abortion.
According to the presented data, only 20% of the pregnancies in Bulgaria are planned compared to about 60-70% in the other EU states. Only 6% of the Bulgarian women use contraceptive pills.
Abortions are one of the possible causes of sterility. 250 000 couples in Bulgaria are reported to have sterility problems.
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