La Comunidad de Madrid reconoce por escrito que algunos hospitales públicos no garantizan el derecho al aborto: “No se puede asegurar”
El Servicio Madrileño de Salud justifica en un contrato pagar a clínicas privadas “entre otros motivos, por el ejercicio del derecho a la objeción de conciencia por parte del personal sanitario”
The Community of Madrid formally recognizes that not all public hospitals guarantee the right to abortion. This was the main finding from a tender by the Hospital Universitario El Escorial to contract private health centers to perform abortions for patients referred by the public health system in Madrid. According to the contract between the Madrid City Health Service (Sermas) and private centers, accessed by EL PAÍS, "in some public hospitals in the region, it cannot be ensured" the provision of voluntary termination of pregnancy "among other reasons, due to the exercise of conscientious objection by health personnel", the tender document states.
The numbers speak for themselves: in 2024, the latest figures available, 18,149 voluntary terminations of pregnancy were performed in the Community of Madrid, according to the most recent data provided by the Ministry of Health. Of these, 99.53% had to be carried out in private centers, highlighting the residual role of public health in this provision.
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