Kuznetsk, 26 November 2012. PenzaNews. 24 women decided to keep an unwanted pregnancy after applying to the department of medical and social care in the children’s hospital in Kuznetsk, the Penza region, from the beginning of 2012.

In 2009, the experts of the department were able to convince two patients keep the baby, in 2007 they helped seven women, and in 2011 the number grew to13 patients.

According to the regional newspaper “Kuznetsky rabochy,” the consultations provided by a psychologist, a social worker and a legal adviser are free of charge.