The State Duma has begun considering a bill banning propaganda of conscious refusal to have children, the speaker of the lower house of parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin, said.
“We have begun to consider a bill to ban the promotion of conscious refusal to have children. We are talking about preventing the dissemination of information that popularises childlessness,” — he wrote on his Telegram channel.
As the MP noted, “public thematic pages and communities on social networks often show disrespect for motherhood and fatherhood, aggression towards pregnant women and children, as well as towards members of large families.”
“It is proposed to ban propaganda about childlessness on the Internet, in the media, in films and in advertising. And to introduce administrative liability for this.” – said.
Volodin stressed that fines for violations will amount to up to 400 thousand rubles for individuals, up to 800 thousand rubles for officials and up to 5 million rubles for legal entities.
By analogy with those who were previously accepted with their support for LGBT propaganda* and gender change, the State Duma speaker recalled.
“A large and friendly family is the foundation of a strong state” – he summarized.
As reported by government data, in the first half of 2024 the birth rate in Russia fell to a record low. During this time, 599.6 thousand children were born in the Russian Federation, which is 16.6 thousand fewer than in the same period in 2023.
*Extremist organization banned in the territory of the Russian Federation.
