Spain unveils abortion law change
Spain’s socialist government has formally unveiled plans to liberalise the country’s abortion law. Under the proposal approved by the cabinet, abortion would be made available on demand for the first time.
Girls as young as 16 would be allowed to terminate a pregnancy without parental consent.
Ministers say it is about rights and respect for women.
The government’s proposal is that abortion should be made available on demand during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy.
This is the latest ideological clash between Spain’s Catholic right and a left-wing government, which has already legalised gay marriage and made it easier to get divorced.
In my neck of the global prairie the whole confrontation is shifted further to the Right. Religious opposition is larger than just the Catholic Church, including every flavor of True Believer. The Left has no real voice in government outside of lip service from the Democrats.
The Catholic Church also opposes any change in the law…
Gee, I wonder why?
Worried about less Catholics available to pay the expenses of the assholes who run the church, maybe? Less absolute control over the lives of a diminishing number of people, maybe?
Stop treating all of these scams, Catholic and non-Catholic, as untaxable charities and let’s see how long they last.
Cinaedh
September 28, 2009 at 7:09 am