Bulgaria Sees 67,000 Abortions Annually as Underpopulation Continues
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
June 13, 2007

Sophia, Bulgaria (LifeNews.com) -- Nearly 67,000 abortions are done annually in the eastern European nation of Bulgaria according to a doctor who quoted figures from the country’s government. Elian Rachey said that he thinks the nation should do more to promote the use of contraception in order to reduce the high number of abortions that have decimated the population there.

Rachey said about one-third of all Bulgarian women decide what forms of contraception to use without consulting a doctor, resulting in their ineffectiveness.

Polling data from the national government finds that about 53 percent of all women said they started using contraception or birth control pills in their early 20s. Another 33 percent of women said they began using the birth control pill in their teenage years. the rest