Overview

• The Russian Orthodox Church’s Patriarchal Commission says volunteer monitoring of 1,003 private providers found alleged violations in 76 regions, with 782 clinics ready to perform abortions without required waiting periods or while advertising the service.
• The Commission reports filing 732 complaints to oversight bodies, more than 90% to the Prosecutor General’s Office, with additional filings to the Investigative Committee, Interior Ministry, Roszdravnadzor and the Federal Antimonopoly Service.
• Citing Roszdravnadzor data, coverage notes a 26% drop in private clinics performing abortions since February 2023, falling from 2,813 to 2,088 by October 2025.
• On October 6, a private clinic in Veliky Novgorod said it stopped offering medication abortions up to 12 weeks, now preparing documents and referring women who decide to proceed to state hospitals, where early procedures remain available.
• Regional programs place personal consultants in women’s clinics to explain benefits and support, and the Novgorod clinic reports counseling persuaded about 16% of patients to continue pregnancies compared with roughly 25% nationally.