Steven Mosher has some good news out of Russia where the average woman can be expected to have as many as seven abortions in her lifetime:

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning abortion advertising. Some members of the Duma (the Russian state assembly), are talking about going even further and banning the procedure itself. The Russian Orthodox Church, whose numbers are swelling with converts and “reverts,” is weighing in as well. One Orthodox prelate called abortion a “mutiny against God.” I couldn’t have put it better myself.

Read more for some history on how abortion was forced on the people of Russia and how the Population Research Institute has played a role in bringing Russia back to life.