Madrid, Spain, May 12, 2009 / 08:01 am
The director of the Life Foundation in Spain, Manuel Cruz, denounced the country’s Minister of Health, Trinity Jimenez, for distributing the morning-after pill without a prescription in an attempt to “publicize the new abortion law.”
Cruz explained that the presumption is that the pill would lead to a drop in the amount of terminated pregnancies by reducing the number of surgical abortions, but in reality the pill is “an abortifacient drug.”
He also criticized the Ministry for insisting “on promoting irresponsible measures for women. They recognize the risk that it carries as a hormonal drug, but they still encourage its use.”
“What measures is the Health Ministry going to take to prevent abuse by young people, who will see it as a comfortable and safe contraceptive method, when it is actually an abortifacient? he questioned. The youth will “be deprived of the professional advice of a doctor.”