Template:Did you know nominations/Abortion in Latvia

Abortion in Latvia

 * ... that because of the high amount of abortion in Latvia, the Latvian Government is encouraging more births?
 * Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St. Augustine's Church, Coburg

Created by Thine Antique Pen (talk). Self nominated at 20:08, 17 June 2013 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Long and new enough and mostly well sourced. I have a question about the sentence "However, the USSR did not imprison those who performed illegal abortions." My impression from reading the source, is that there was at least a possibility of prison, but maybe there is something I am missing or have misunderstood. Further, I am not quite comfortable with the hook. The source for it says: "In 2000, alarmed by the declining birth rate, the government has established several programmes to encourage more children.". While it may be common and reasonable to see a link between abortion rate and birth rate, births rates depend on much more than the rate of abortion, so I don't find that the statement is fully backed up by the source. In addition, information from 2000 may be a bit too dated to be writing about in the present tense "are concerned" (although I guess they probably are). Regareds, Iselilja (talk) 15:39, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Removed that sentence as from re-reading the source, I agree that it could be misunderstood.
 * ALT1 that in 1991 there were 34,633 births and 44,886 abortions in Latvia?
 * ALT2 that in 1991 there were 34,633 births and 44,886 abortions in Latvia, but in 2011 there were around 7,000?
 * ALT3 that the 1995 Fertility and Family survey found that 30% of women aged 25 had an abortion in Latvia?
 * Thine Antique Pen (talk) 18:07, 18 June 2013 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg you for responding so swiftly. I am fine with hook ALT1. Hook ALT2 might be more interesting (it's a remarkable drop in abortion numbers), but I think it wil need some copyediting to make clear that it is abortions and not births that have dropped. Also, by reading the source, I didn't actually see any 2011 numbers, only 2010. So my suggestion for the last part of ALT2 would be something like"but in 2010 the number of abortions had dropped to about 7 000." ALT3 might also need an extra had to get the tense right (had had an abortion). I am OK'ing the article with hook ALT1, if you prefer of the two others, just write in a comment and I can change. Regards, Iselilja (talk) 19:04, 18 June 2013 (UTC)