Women carrying deformed or handicapped babies will not be allowed to have an abortion
Wednesday, April 17, 2013 @ 5:19 PM
A FORTHCOMING reform to the existing Abortion Law in Spain will prevent women from terminating a pregnancy if they find out the foetus will be deformed or physically or mentally handicapped.
In cases where an abortion is necessary because the mother's life or physical or mental health is in danger, this will have to be accredited by doctors in writing and approval given.
Justice minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón says this should not be a 'pretext' or an 'automatic justification', but must be proven to be irrevocably true by at least one medical expert.
He says terminating a pregnancy because the baby would be born handicapped 'goes against the convictions of the United Nations' and that 'live is not a discretionary concession, but an unalienable right' which is 'not reduced due to disability', and that 'life should not attract a lower level of protection' due to physical or mental handicap or deformity.
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