Spain could get Europe’s first ever paid menstrual leave

Dec 21 2022

A new bill which introduces menstrual leave for women suffering from painful periods as well as stronger access to abortion in public hospitals has just been adopted by Spanish lawmakers.

With 190 votes in favour, 154 against and 5 abstentions, the bill will now be going to the senate after it was adopted by deputies in the lower house of the Spanish parliament on its first reading.

Spain’s Minister of Equality Irene Montero said that this legislature is a legislature of feminist conquests. ‘We recognise menstrual health as part of the right to health and we fight stigma and silence.

The length of the sick leave that doctors will be able to grant to women suffering from painful periods has not yet been specified in the bill.

Nonetheless, this will make Spain the first European country, and one of the very few in the world, to adopt such a bill. It will be following in the footsteps of the likes of Japan, Indonesia and Zambia.

Increased access to abortion in public hospitals is also one of the key measures in the legislation. Less than 15% of abortions performed in the country take place in such institutions due to conscientious objections by doctors.

Abortion was decriminalised in Spain in 1985 and then legalised in 2010. Apart from this, the bill provides reinforcement of sex education in schools as well as the free distribution of contraceptives and menstrual hygiene products in high school.

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Police report filed after pro-life activist has clinic door vandalised

Dec 20 2022

One of Malta’s leading anti-abortion activists, Miriam Sciberras, has filed a police report alleging vandalism to her clinic’s door.

Sciberras took to Facebook to say that her clinic door window had been purposefully broken and that she had sought the help of police to get to the bottom of it.

She went on to say that the act of vandalism has to do with her current anti-abortion campaigning, saying that all she has done was try to give unborn babies a voice.

‘Even though they broke my clinic’s door to try and intimidate me, I promise to continue working for those most vulnerable in society and in favour of the future generations who have not yet been birthed’ she said.

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Deceased person found in Paradise Bay, Cirkewwa

Dec 20 2022

Police revealed that a body was spotted in the area of Paradise Bay, Ċirkewwa this morning at around 0845hrs.

Police intervened immediately on site wherein they found the body of a person far into the decomposition stage. Civil Protection members also convened on site to retrieve the body.

Autopsies carried out on the corpse are yet to establish the identity of the person as well as the cause of death. The body was found wearing a red pair of shorts.

An inquiry has been opened and investigations are ongoing.

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