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Women did not see abortion as part of a policy of women's liberation. [5] Catalonia was the only area of Spain where abortion was legal, and this occurred only after the start of the war. [5] [6] Doctors in Francoist Spain had two roles: to be moral protectors of Spanish reproduction and to provide science-based medical services.
Because abortion was illegal in Spain, during the 1970s, Spanish women who could afford it went to London to get abortions. In 1974, 2,863 Spanish women had abortions in London. In 1975, 4,230 Spanish women had abortions in London. In a four-month period in 1976, 2,726 Spanish women went to London for abortions.
Anarchist feminists ideas about abortion in the early Francoist period were informed by opinions exemplified by Director of General Health and Social Assistance of the Generalitat of Catalonia Félix Martí Ibáñez during the Civil War, with a policy called "Eugenics Reform" that included support of abortion by removing it as a clandestine ...
Censorship existed during the Franco regime, and impacted both the depiction of women in the media and what women writers could produce. There were ways around it, but censorship still negatively impacted much of the work of earlier Spanish women and feminists. Women's employment opportunities in the Francoist period were severely limited.
In 1975, 4,230 Spanish women had abortions in London. [16] By 1975, official estimates suggested half a million Spanish women were on the pill. [44] [45] The media, both general and specialized, covered the pill, where it was known as an anovulatory treatment. Its introduction in Spain allowed women's sexuality to be discussed for the first ...
Catholic canonical law, which applied in Francoist Spain and during the democratic transition, did not end until the Spanish constitution was adopted in 1978. [1] As a European Christian Democratic party, the UCD opposed the legalization of divorce, believing in what they saw as "the preservation of the family". By contrast, the PSOE supported ...
The Spanish Association of Accredited Abortion Clinics estimated that about 100,000 of the 118,000 abortions carried out in 2012 would be illegal under the new legislation. The revision was part of the 2011 PP election manifesto which was strongly influenced by the Roman Catholic church [ 25 ] and vigorously opposed by most opposition parties ...
Because Catholicism was opposed to negative eugenics, the only way to fight the degradation was through repression of abortion, euthanasia and contraception. [4] Doctors in Francoist Spain had two roles: to be moral protectors of Spanish reproduction and to provide science based medical services.