These days we have witnessed a flood of reactions after the withdrawal of the reform of the abortion law by the Popular Party government. Bishops, leaders of civic movements, columnists, commentators, some politicians - a few -, etc., have criticized such a decision by the Popular Party with more or less energy.
Now, there are some who are content to say three obvious things:
1- Abortion is bad . It consists of killing an unborn human being. Well, gentlemen, it may be convenient to remember such a thing every time we talk about the subject, but we already know that. The question, therefore, is not to say only that taking the life of the unborn is bad, but rather what must be done to avoid it, to protect the unborn.
2- You must accompany the woman who is pregnant and has problems . That, dear friends, is pure gospel. It cannot be that the solution to the few or many women who abort because they suffer from economic precariousness is to kill the child that is on the way. Idem with those who suffer the pressure of a family environment or friends that push her to get rid of the life that grows within her. If the gospel asks us to feed the hungry and drink to the thirsty, we understand that this is especially necessary when what is at stake is the life of a mother and her child.
3- Political parties must fulfill their electoral commitments once Telegram Number Data in government . That is what the PP has not done in terms of abortion legislation. But, seriously, is anyone surprised that a political party promises one thing and does the opposite? Does anyone ignore that the policy of this government is not in accordance with the electoral program that the PP had for the last general elections in other matters? ?
In November a large demonstration has been called in Madrid in favor of life . The conveners raise " the request for the repeal of the current abortion law " and warn " the PP of the significance that the voters' vote would have in the next elections ."
It seems clear that Mariano Rajoy is not going to promote the reform that Ruiz Gallardón had proposed . A reform, we are not going to forget, that left things the same or worse - two more weeks of gestation to abort due to psychological problems - as they were in the abortion law of 1985 , under which one hundred thousand annual abortions. You will admit that it is at best debatable to defend the idea that such a reform is a great step in the defense of unborn human life, but that debate no longer makes sense.
I'm not saying that it seems wrong to warn the PP that the withdrawal of the reform could have electoral repercussions, but the defense of life goes beyond voting for a party that , in its first stage of government, not only did not lift a finger to combat the culture of death, but took another step in favor of it by approving the first abortion pill in Spain. A pill that produces abortions regardless of the economic and existential situation of the mother.