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Is Georgia ready to ban abortions?

IS GEORGIA In his 2013 Easter epistle, Georgian Patriarch Ilia |I called on the Georgian government for adopting an anti-abortion law. READY TO BAN "Those who do not want to give birth to a child for economic reasons... please do not commit this terrible sin; if you cannot afford raising children, the Church will take care of them." ABORTIONS? PATRIARCH ILIA || Source: civil.ge 6 May 2013 STATE BUDGET FOR CHILDREN CARE (2013) O NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER STATE CARE O ANNUAL COST PER CHILD FOSTER CARE PROGRAM SMALL FAMILY-TYPE HOMES $ 5,681.400 GEL $ 2.263.300 GEL O 1,007 316 י 8 5,641,91 GEL 8 7,162 GEL WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE BUDGET FOR CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF PARENTAL CARE? TOTAL DAY CENTERS ORPHANAGES 11,998.200 GEL $ 3,184,800 GEL $ 868,700 GEL CLOSED AT NIGHT O0000000 8 794 2.257 ) 140 4,011 GEL 8 6,205 GEL 5,316 GEL Currently, Orthodox churches in different regions have ongoing social programs for homeless children. JumpStart Georgia requested information about the number of children i in orphanages which are run by the Orthodox Church, along with the budget of those houses and the financial sources. After three weeks and numerous phone calls, the Social Welfare Department of the Orthodox Church told JumpStart Georgia that they do not possess up-to-date data about WHAT IS THE THE ORTHODOX CURRENT ORTHODOX CHURCH BUDGET FOR CHURCH DOES TAKING CARE OF NOT KN OW* : orphanage houses and children there. They claim that this CHILDREN? data is currently being collected for a database they are building, though they are unable to name the exact date when this database will be completed. IF ABORTIONS TURNED INTO CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF PARENTAL CARE, WILL GEORGIA BE READY TO TAKE CARE OF THEM? 33,801 33,311 Calculations are based on 2012 statistics 34,253 1.32% 1.45% %3D POTENTIAL BIRTHS/YEAR INFANT MORTALITY ALIVE AFTER ONE YEAR NUMBER OF ABORTIONS STILLBIRTH RATE RATE These numbers reflect the extreme case of all aborted babies being born and needing state or church services. There are numerous factors that could affect the number of children needing these services, such as: • an increase in contraception use • an increase in illegal abortions • families keeping their babies after they are born the number of families wanting to adopt children • the number of birth parents signing paperwork allowing their child to be adopted HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO RAISE THESE CHILDREN? Average annual cost per child under state care 5,316 ANNUAL COST PER CHILD Calculations use the total Orthodox Church budget from the government since the Orthodox Church could not 25,000,000 11,998,200 STATE CHILDREN CARE BUDGET ORTHODOX CHURCH BUDGET provide their budget information. 6,894,670,000 Calculations assume the 2013 budget values remain constant for all future years. TOTAL STATE BUDGET Annual Cost Number of Children Needing Annual Cost % of Total Current I Annual Cost = Number of Children * 5,316 State State Church Budget Budget 10,000,000 GEL Care Budget Before Abortion Ban I 11,998,200 2,257 0.17% 1 Year After Abortion Ban I----I-I-I 191,683,394 36,058 2.78% 6 Years After Abortion Ban 202,612 1,077,082,188 15.62% 12 Years After Abortion Ban 2,139,560,742 402.476 31.03% 18 Years After Abortion Ban 602,341 3,202,039,295 46.44% After 18 years, the number of babies being born is equal to the number of children i | turning 18 and leaving the system, so the annual cost becomes constant. 1 1 YEAR AFTER ABORTION BAN, GEORGIA WOULD NEED AFTER 18 YEARS, GEORGIA WOULD NEED 16 TIMES MORE MONEY 87 TIMES MORE MONEY THAN THE CURRENT STATE CHILDREN CARE THAN THE CURRENT COMBINED BUDGETS OF BUDGET TO TAKE CARE OF ALL CHILDREN, WHO THE CHURCH AND THE STATE CHILDREN CARE COULD BE BORN IF ABORTIONS TURNED INTO PROGRAMS. CHILDREN DEPRIVED OF PARENTAL CARE. Sources: civil.ge Interview with Eka Saneblidze, Head of the Guardianship Care and Social Programs Department, Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia March 28, 2013 resolution of Georgian government on Social Reabilitation and Children Care 2013 State Program Geostat.ge Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia The Social Welfare Department of the Orthodox Church JumpStart

Is Georgia ready to ban abortions?

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In his 2013 Easter epistle, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II called on the Georgian government to adopt anti-abortion legislation. JumpStart Georgia inquired as to how ready Georgia is to ban abortions and ...

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