Saturday, May 06, 2006

Males But Not Men: Deadbeat Dads Largely Responsible for Abortions

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...