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On Thursday, October 17, the bill banning childfree "propaganda" was adopted in the first reading. Deputies are going to introduce multi-thousand fines for individuals and multi-million fines for legal entities. Can childfree be considered an ideology? How many people in Russia do not want to have children? Why should the state ban childfree "propaganda"? Will deputies ban abortions and introduce a tax on childlessness after this law? For our YouTube channel "How Now" we talked with sociologist, researcher of the childfree phenomenon and professor of the Almaty University of Management Olga Isupova. Help us release new episodes of "How Now": https://ovdinfo.media/mE2l8PBs All OVD-Info social networks: https://ovdinfo.taplink.ws If you were detained at a protest Write: https://t.me/OvdInfoBot Call: 8 800 707-05-28 00:00 Olga Isupova, sociologist 00:58 What is childfree? 01:46 Why do some women decide not to have children? 06:21 When did the childfree phenomenon appear? 09:21 When did the topic of childfree begin to be actively discussed in Russian society? 11:15 What are the current main reasons behind the unwillingness to have children? 14:14 Are there any statistics on how many women do not want to have children now? 15:38 How could the war in Ukraine influence the decision not to have children? 18:03 The phrase "Women will give birth to new ones" is heard more and more often. Where did it come from? 25:10 A bill to ban childfree propaganda was introduced to the State Duma. Why is this being done? 27:11 Why are Russian authorities so focused on increasing the birth rate? 31:43 What should be an effective policy for stimulating the birth rate? 33:17 How can you fight for your reproductive rights? 34:28 What will be the first thing you do when the war is over? #ovdinfo #hownow #childfree