theme №1 03.11.1995 (1995)

The program topic is "Abortions".

Epigraph: statistics on the number of illegal surgical interventions in Russia to terminate unwanted pregnancies with a fatal outcome.

The program participants express their attitude to this surgical procedure.

Attention is drawn to the forced, in some cases, termination of pregnancy due to medical reasons.

Igor Guzov, speaking about the history of the first mention of this procedure, talks about the moral principles that reigned in Ancient Greece and at the time of the birth of Christianity.

Plot: the history of abortions in Russia.

Pre-war chronicle: a book kiosk (poster: "Book for the Village"), a shopping arcade on New Year's Eve, construction of new apartment buildings, Vladimir Lenin on the podium, people in overloaded public transport, women's underwear sold on the street, a train station, passengers, taxis and horse-drawn cabbies.

Post-war Moscow: one-story houses on the embankment, the Garden Ring, Nikita Khrushchev among the people; women's rallies.

Participants of the program about the appearance and use of contraception in Russia, about the need to educate young people on family planning.

The issue of the influence of ecology on the process of fetal development, timely detection of genetic changes in the early stages of pregnancy is raised.

Opinion of the audience: Alexander Sidelnikov (Family Research Institute).

Elena Shvetsova - gynecologist.

Marina Leborakina - information center of the independent women's forum.

Plot: Fertilization of an egg in the laboratory (under a microscope).

A newborn in a maternity hospital.

Pregnant women doing health exercises.

Ultrasound of a pregnant woman.

Methods of terminating unwanted pregnancy among peoples of different countries.

A factory producing condoms and other contraceptives.

A pharmacy with hormonal drugs.

A surgical operating box.

A conveyor belt for the production of medicines.

A couple with newborn children (twins).

In the audience: Olga Selekhova, Father Maxim Obukhov on the sin of infanticide and the church's attitude to abortion.

The story of a 16-year-old teenager who became pregnant after being raped is told.

After moral pressure, the girl committed suicide.

Inga Grebesheva and Igor Buzov, commenting on the situation, talk about placing responsibility on those whose incompetent intervention provoked such a phenomenon.

In the audience: Marianna Vronskaya on abortions among minors.

Valentina Vasilievna on abandoned children.

Plot: Artificial termination of pregnancy at a late stage.

Hospital ward, preparation for surgery.

The girl Anya, miraculously born after such a procedure and abandoned in the Orphanage.

Abandoned children.

Vladimir Kulakov, Inga Grebesheva on economic difficulties and psychological problems that push women either to abortion or to make other decisions.

Personal opinions of those present in the studio: Polina Sukholinskaya, Tatyana Konysheva.

A survey of men on the street: "Attitudes to abortion".

Opinion of the audience: Elena Vorobtsova (Family Planning Association) on ways to solve the abortion problem.

Ivan Leshkevich - Moscow Department of Health.

Inga Grebesheva on fostering responsibility in future parents.

Vladimir Kulakov on the state support program for family planning.

Inga Grebesheva talks about international experience in solving this problem.

She provides statistics on countries with the lowest abortion rates.

Story: Surgical box.

Termination of pregnancy.

Mass demonstrations in the USA and other countries by activists in the movement to ban abortions.

A service in the Catholic Church.

Former President of Poland Lech Walenza.

Pope John Paul II celebrates mass on the street.

The program participants make a number of proposals that, in their opinion, could significantly reduce the number of abortions in Russia.