A few years ago I posted (on the link at the end) about Spain's abortion law - the new law under Zapatero. The title of my post was “Abortion on demand available for all women over 16 in Spain from today”. That is no longer the case. Now we have a conservative government, and a new abortion law has just been approved. A tough one.
Under the new law, the seemingly personal campaign of Justice minister Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, abortion is only allowed in cases of rape or threat to mother’s health. Previously women could have abortions on demand up to 14 weeks' gestation, and up to 22 weeks if serious deformations had been detected in the foetus. Sr Ruiz-Gallardón denied that women would be criminalized for seeking abortions – as had been the case before Zapatero’s socialist reform of the legislation – and said that his new law would defend both the life of the unborn and women’s rights. Some women might find that claim a bit hard to process …
The new law will now work its way through parliament where the government’s majority makes it almost impossible that it will face any problems.
JA