Quote of the Day 9-28-09
Spain’s socialist government has formally unveiled plans to liberalize 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 conservative opposition says young people may see abortion as a form of contraception. Spain’s current law allows a pregnancy to be terminated in three circumstances – in the aftermath of a rape, when a fetus shows genetic defects, and when the health of the pregnant woman is at risk. The government’s proposal is that abortion should be made available on demand during the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy.
~ BBC News. Sept 26.
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Yeah, Spain, join the party. See how well it’s worked out for everyone else?
Please don’t, Spain. This has nothing to do with women’s rights and calling it such is the general equivalent of using women in propaganda posters to elicit sympathy for a particular side, and in fact to do so is misogyny. If you truly want to help women’s rights, dear Spain, be certain that women are represented in government, that the media doesn’t have ridiculous body standards for women, pay equally, and remove stigmas on women who are punished by society for having a baby.
Please, Spain. Be a liberal country, not a bigoted one. Liberalizing abortion laws IS overturning them and giving women alternatives.
Yours,
Vannah
How Sad and Sick! Did our Abortion President and his wife have anything to do with this?