PSOE will apply to Constitutional Court if abortion law restrictions go ahead
Saturday, April 20, 2013 @ 8:39 PM
SOCIALIST members of the central government say they will apply to the Constitutional Court if the minister of justice goes ahead with the planned Abortion Law reform.
The PSOE says restricting criteria for opting to terminate a pregnancy will not affect the abortion statistics, but will merely put more women's lives in danger due to a proliferation of 'back-street' clinics.
They say in countries where abortion is illegal or subject to extremely stringent criteria, just as many women terminate pregnancies as in more liberal countries, but the number of abortions carried out by people with no medical qualifications is much higher and the woman's health is at risk.
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