.- A
report by the Spanish Ministry of Health is expected to affirm that
abandonment by men, not social or economic problems or the supposed
grave risks to the physical or psychological health of the mother is
the main reason that women obtain abortions in Spain.
Although the
report has not yet been made public, in an interview with the newspaper
“Alba,” the country’s Health Minister, Elena Salgado, revealed that
“the fundamental conclusion of the report is that the main reason women
abort is because of abandonment by the man.”
“Curiously it
has nothing to do with the alleged risks to the psychiatric health of
the mother, which supposedly accounts for 97% of legal abortions in
Spain. Nor do supposed socio-economic reasons stand out, despite
the repeated threats to legally allow abortion for these supposed
socio-economic reasons,” the newspaper pointed out.
The preliminary
conclusions of the report also “coincide with a study carried out last
December by the Association of Victims of Abortion (AVA) in which 3000
women between the ages of 14 and 40 who have had abortions were
surveyed.”
That study
showed that the “main motivating factor for the abortion in 87% of the
cases was the lack of emotional support.” In addition, “in 71% of
the cases, abandonment by the father is the result of ‘emotional
blackmail’.”
The newspaper
reported that the AVA study likewise points out that all the women
polled said they did not “receive sufficient information about the
possible side-effects of abortion. The study also revealed that
99.1% of the women acknowledged the lack of information about
alternatives to abortion, such as social or institutional assistance or
adoption.”
“The data
reveals the lack of support and the pressure endured by pregnant women
from fathers, work, society and doctors. If the message women
received were one of support,” the newspaper stated, “women would
continue ahead with their pregnancy.”
The AVA and
other pro-family groups have called on the Ministry of Health to create
a network of support for women in difficult pregnancies. “For the
moment, they have not received any response,” the newspaper reported.
Spanish Health Ministry points to ‘abandonment by men’ as main cause of abortions
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