Child, maternity cuts anger parents

May 20, 2009
By Kate McIntosh

RIGA - There are concerns government cuts to maternity and childcare benefits could cause a further dramatic slump in Latvia’s birth rates and increase financial pressures on already struggling families. Chief gynecologist at the Riga Maternity Hospital Dace Rezeberga told The Baltic Times there was evidence to suggest cuts to social benefits combined with Latvia’s rapidly deteriorating economic situation could drive down birth rates within the next two years. A similar drop in bir ...

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