Women stage escrache on minister of justice over abortion law reform
Monday, May 20, 2013 @ 12:23 AM
HUNDREDS of women staged a flash-mob siege, known as an escrache outside the home of justice minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón this week in protest over the abortion law reform.
Gallardón wants to make it illegal for women to terminate a pregnancy on the grounds of the foetus being deformed or likely to be born with a severe mental or physical handicap, and for girls under 18 to have to seek their parents' permission to have an abortion.
If the reform goes ahead, the only real basis for ending a pregnancy before term will be where the mother's life or health is in serious danger, and will need a doctor to confirm this in writing.
The 300 women who staged what they called a 'feminist escrache' said that as it was they who would have to give birth and to care for the child – possibly for the rest of its life if it were to be born with a serious handicap – they should be the ones to decide whether or not they wish to continue with the pregnancy.
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