Aborto.

Aborto.

Abortion. 

This may be an issue sensitive to some, but it's an important issue that I support. During the past month or so there has been growing controversy over a potential (and probable) abortion law reform. 

The current law made in 2010 meant "women were able to end a pregnancy for any reason whatsoever up to 14 weeks – including merely because 'the time was not right' to become a mother or to have more children – or up to 22 weeks in the event of rape, disability or deformity of the foetus or up until the last day of gestation where the mother's or child's health was in danger, the only two scenarios in which a termination will be possible are those of rape or threat to the mother's or baby's life."  

(From: http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/23715/france-condemns-spains-abortion-law-reform)

The new reforms, under President Mariano Rajoy and his Partido Popular government, would mean a drastic regression: 

-If you are raped you can only have an abortion in the first 12 weeks 
-If the pregnancy could harm you or your child (physiologically or physically) you can only have an abortion up to 22 weeks 
-If your child would be severely handicapped (maybe even needing 24 hour care) or would not live to adulthood, you will be refused an abortion.  

The current limit in the UK is 24 weeks for any of the above situations, including personal circumstances.  

I asked my flatmate about this reform and she told me that it is, to an extent, politically motivated and that most of the population don't support it. 

I have signed a petition (here is the link if you would like to also: http://www.change.org/es/peticiones/pide-al-ministro-de-justicia-que-no-reforme-la-ley-del-aborto) but more than anything I would like people to be AWARE that this is happening. I have a sinking feeling I would not be aware of such a drastic change in an neighboring EU country if I wasn't hearing about it here, first hand. This is pretty awful on the part of the media (and my own unawareness), especially given the current boost to feminism discussion in the past year. 

I hope this has been food for thought.