Spanish lawmakers vote to legalize abortion, instate parental notification

[popehippo]

Spain's lower house voted Thursday to lift legal restrictions on abortion up to 14 weeks. The measure is expected to pass the Senate.

From the Associated Press:

Under the current law, which dates back to 1985, Spanish women could in theory go to jail for getting an abortion outside certain strict limits -- up to week 12 in case of rape and

Comments

[hey_its_michael]

Wow...on issues of abortion, the U.S. is absurdly progressive compared to many European nations.

[hey_its_michael]

Doesn't Ireland ban abortion in most cases? The uk allows it if for the mental health of the mother, right?

As a whole, the us still has more liberal laws on abortion. Most states one can get an abortion through the first trimester without any issues. Some states the same goes through the second trimester. Of course, some states have more restrictive rules.

[celtic_thistle]

The problem in the US is that while legally you can get an abortion in the first trimester with no hassle, there's a lot of areas and a lot of states where it's practically impossible to obtain one. :/

[perfectisafault]

Yay! At least this is a step in the right direction for a predominantly Catholic country. Now if only we could get more of the Latin American countries on board (Cuba being the exception).

[perfectisafault]

Yup, it's been legal since the Revolution (around the early 1960s)

[piratesswoop]

mte

[celtic_thistle]

The Spanish Bishops' Conference warned last month that legislators who voted in favor of the bill would be sinning and no longer eligible to receive Communion.

You, sirs, can kindly fuck right off.

[perfectisafault]

and a lot of them are apologists for Franco too, so they can stfu about ~respect for human life~

I second that.

[hohaiyee]

Totally fuck off, stop fucking with women, and oh, for goodness's sake, don't fuck the children either, just DON'T!

[crystalviolet35]

"The Spanish Bishops' Conference warned last month that legislators who voted in favor of the bill would be sinning and no longer eligible to receive Communion."

OH NO!!! Not the Communion!!! Seriously, do they really think that people fear excommunication anymore? This isn't the Middle Ages.

[rex_dart]

I hate the way the Eucharist is politicised; I think it defiles it.

I agree. The way I see it, if God doesn't want you having communion that bad, the Eucharist will burst into flames when it touches your tongue. We don't need humans making that decision for people.

[crystalviolet35]

Oh I know. But it is sad how they politicise it too. Very sad.