Assisted reproductive technologies in the situation of demographic crisis in Russia
https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2025-31-2-103-122
Abstract
The demographic situation in Russia is critical and is characterized by an extremely low birth rate, high mortality, aging population and a decrease in the number of working-age citizens. One of the main strategies for overcoming the demographic crisis is to increase the birth rate. To implement this strategy, a whole range of political, economic, legal, social, scientific and medical measures is required. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) are effective methods of treating infertility and not only solve the problem of a specific family, but can also help solve demographic problems. The author realizes that the share of births after overcoming infertility with the help of ART in the total number of births in Russia is 2,9% (2022) and these technologies do not lead to a significant increase in the birth rate, but this share is constantly increasing (in 2000 it was 0,07%) and in the context of an increasing prevalence of late marriages and aging birth rates, this technology may be increasingly in demand in the future and contribute to an increase in the birth rate. The author concludes that, along with other measures, ART can be included in the socio-political measures of response to the demographic crisis.
About the Author
E. N. Novoselova
Lomonosov Moscow State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Novoselova Elena N., PhD in Sociology, Associate Professor of the Department of the Family and Demography, Faculty of Sociology
Leninsky Gory, 1-33, Moscow, 119234
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Novoselova E.N. Assisted reproductive technologies in the situation of demographic crisis in Russia. Moscow State University Bulletin. Series 18. Sociology and Political Science. 2025;31(2):103-122. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.24290/1029-3736-2025-31-2-103-122
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