Spain's new registry for stillborn babies sparks debate
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Babies who die before birth - but had a gestation period of more than six months - must be registered and can have a name in the Spanish civil registry. Feminists say it's a frontal attack on women's right to abortion.
  • @flambonkscious@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15•1 year ago

    This is challenging - I’m torn between both perspectives, but ultimately, it just seems nice to the grieving parents. I guess to a degree, I trust that this isn’t the start of clawing back abortion protections, which might be naiive of me

    • @kambusha@feddit.ch
      7•1 year ago

      Same. I hadn’t even thought of the other angle originally tbh. Kinda sad that we always have to be so alert to the nefarious things that a change in legislation could lead to.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    13•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Babies who die before birth - but had a gestation period of more than six months - must be registered and can have a name in the Spanish civil registry.

    Before the change, babies who died after the sixth month of pregnancy were registered in the so-called ‘Abortion Creatures File’, without the possibility of being named or both parents being identified.

    Several feminist organisations have also expressed concern that, while the new law is not directly in conflict with the current right to abortion, it is a first step towards recognising the historical demands of anti-abortion groups.

    The change in the law does not contradict the current right to abortion, which allows it up to the 22nd week of pregnancy, as the amendment states that only six-month-old stillborn babies can be registered.

    However, statistics show that one in four pregnancies does not result in a live birth, and families say they feel by giving a name to their children they are recognised.

    “What we need is psychological care and to ensure that these women have the right to have maternity leave just like the mother of a baby born alive, so that they can mourn in peace,” says the lawyer.

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  • @BastingChemina@slrpnk.net
    9•1 year ago

    It’s already the case in France but as an option.

    Stillborn babies can be registered is the parents want to. This way the baby is officially recognized, can be registered on the “livret de famille” (family registry), a booklet that register ask civil information about the parents and all the kids and can receive an official burial.

    It can help the family to grieve.