Reproductive birth control after the coronavirus pandemic

Nina E. Rusanova ()
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Nina E. Rusanova: Scientific Institutution Federal Center of Theoretical and Applied Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Population and Economics, 2022, vol. 6, issue 4, 178-188

Abstract: Changes in measures and instruments of birth control are one of the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic in all countries with increased significance of reproductive components, i.e. concerning physiological capabilities of conception, gestation and childbirth. Pandemic-associated measures had diverse impacts on restrictive (aimed at reducing fertility) and expansionary (aimed at increasing fertility) methods of reproductive regulation: it did not take methods of pregnancy prevention and artificial termination of pregnancy long to adapt to the new conditions without changing the established trends, while assisted reproductive technologies, following administrative bans of the first days of mass lockdowns, demonstrated new development directions upon removal of bans. Against the background of the progress in the medical component, increasingly bringing in- vitro fertilization closer to natural conception, the scale of state funding and the number of free of charge programs for patients have increased, however, due to anti-epidemic control, cross-border reproductive care or fertility tourism, relevant for surrogacy and reproductive donation, has become more complicated. In Russia, this has intensified public discussions and contributed to further elaboration of reproductive legislation.

Keywords: medicalization of fertility; abortions; contraception; assisted reproductive technologies; in-vitro fertilization; public health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I J (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.3897/popecon.6.e90355

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