(25 September 2014) Earlier this year, the Spanish Conservative government had presented a bill to reform the abortion law, depriving women of the right to choose whether to carry on with their pregnancy. If passed this legislation would have taken women’s rights back to the 1960s and out of step to most of the European countries.
This proposal have generated major opposition across Spain and Europe. EPSU adopted a resolution during its Congress in May 2014 and wrote to the Spanish government as well as to the newly elected EU Parliament to protest and point out the negative impact of this proposal on the women's rights, nondiscrimination and equality as well as on the public health, as many women, and especially those with low-income, could have been forced to seek illegal abortions.
The withdrawal of the bill is a step in the right direction says EPSU, but we must continue opposing the threats to health care and services that remain throughout Europe due to the austerity measures.
- Thank you letter from EPSU affiliated unions in Spain for the support provided :
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