The Community of Madrid acknowledges in writing that some public hospitals do not guarantee the right to abortion: “It cannot be ensured”
The Madrid Health Service justifies paying private clinics in a contract “among other reasons, for the exercise of the right to conscientious objection by healthcare personnel”.
The right to abortion is not guaranteed in all public hospitals in the Community of Madrid. A tender by Hospital Universitario El Escorial reveals that some public hospitals in the region cannot provide abortion services due to staff conscientious objection. In 2024, 18,149 voluntary abortions were performed in the Community of Madrid, with 99.53% taking place in private centers. The Servicio Madrileño de Salud has contracted private centers to provide abortion services to patients referred by public healthcare.
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