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Minors under 16 and 17 years of age may abort again in Spain without the need for parental consent, by virtue of a legal change that this Thursday passed an essential procedure in the Spanish Parliament before its final approval.
The obligation of parental consent was eliminated in a 2010 law during the Socialist government Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapaterobut was revived in 2015 with the conservative Mariano Rajoy and now the left Executive who presides over Pedro Sanchez promotes suppressing it again.
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The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of Parliament, approved the bill on abortion presented by the coalition Executive made up of the socialist party PSOE and the left-wing formation Unidas Podemos, with the rejection of the right-wing opposition, for what which will continue its processing in the Senate.
The Minister of Equality, Irene Monterodescribed this approval as “a very important step” to guarantee the sexual and reproductive rights of women in Spain “in a context of reactionary offensive” in the world.
Montero stressed that the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy is recovered for girls aged 16 and 17 without the need for parental permissionwhile in case of discrepancy between a minor under 16 years of age and whoever must authorize her to undergo an abortion, the judicial authority will resolve with “urgency” and public institutions will not support associations “pro-life”.
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The General Council of the Judiciary, governing body of judges in Spain, has observed that the country’s Constitution establishes that parents They must attend their children until they reach the age of majority at 18 years of age.with which he warns that eliminating parental permission can make it difficult to exercise parental authority.
The future law guarantees that women can have an abortion in the public hospital closest to their home, facilitates access to the latest generation contraceptives, seeks affective sexual education in schools and encourages the involvement of men in preventing unwanted pregnancies.
In addition to eliminating the mandatory three days of reflection before undergoing an abortion and the now common practice of informing women about resources that they can turn to if they decide not to abort, such as maternity benefits.
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It also provides for temporary sick leave for childbirth at week 39 and for disabling menstruation and prevents objecting doctors from participating in clinical committees that decide on abortions after 22 weeks.
These committees will not have the last word from week 22, but the patient will be able to “appeal in court” your decision if you disagree.
The reform considers surrogacy as a form of violence against women, as well as forced sterilization, contraception and abortion, and prohibits the advertising of agencies that manage surrogates abroad, since in Spain this practice is not legal.
Source: Elcomercio
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