Lawmakers have unanimously backed legislation to tackle the promotion of childlessness in the media and online The Russian State Duma on Thursday passed in its first reading a bill to outlaw propaganda encouraging women not to have children. The measure is part of efforts to protect traditional values, the speaker of the lower chamber, Vyacheslav Volodin, said. According to Volodin, 388 legislators backed the bill, with no votes against. The draft law proposes adding “child-free” ideology to