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May 02, 2023
They are ready with 32 signatories to demand, in a forum published in the JDD, the creation of “abortion leave”. Update on this hot topic with Dr. Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, gynecologist.
They are journalists, lawyers or entrepreneurs and all want the same thing: to set up abortion leave “so that our daughters can abort without shame or loss of salary“. This progress would allow in particular women having recourse to abortion to no longer be “financially penalized“. Explanations.
“The course of abortion retains a taste of illicit in labor law”
While the social partners of the Syntec branch have signed an agreement providing for two days’ leave in the event of a miscarriage, and the Carrefour group has granted three days to its employees for the same alibi, no leave is currently planned in abortion cases.
However, there is urgency, according to the 32 signatories appearing in the forum of the JDD.
“In the collective unconscious, nearly fifty years after its legalization, abortion still resonates as a subversive act evoking unbridled sexuality or anarchic management of one’s fertility, in a society that expects women to be organized and cautious.“.”Thus designed, the abortion process retains a taste of the illicit in labor law, even though it concerns one in three women.“, specify these thirty people, in which appear Elise Goldfarb and Julia Layani, creators of the podcast Coming out, or Flora Ghebali, entrepreneur and author. Fact, “a dedicated leave would legitimize and affirm this fundamental right which is still exercised today, clandestinely vis-à-vis the professional sphere“.
The signatories recall that women affected by abortion could thus “not to be financially penalized by the loss of salary implied by the taking of sick leave, by circumventing the period of three unpaid waiting days”.
But beyond the practical and financial aspect of this “abortion leave“, this decision would normalize the act.
“An abortion leave would collectively change the way of perceiving abortion, which is still a little under the coat“, confides on France info Edmée Citroën, journalist and communicator.
“The view of abortion is not linked to having leave”
For his part, Dr. Ghada Hatem-Gantzer, gynecologist, does not believe that this is the “best solution” to destigmatize abortion.
“JI think that the view on abortion is not linked to the fact of having leave or not. It continues to “disturb” for multiple reasons, including ethical ones. Besides, I don’t know if this abortion leave is easy to assume professionally. The lack of confidentiality is also a problem. It is above all an intimate matter between the doctors and the patients, who inform them, during the consultation, of their wishes. If some women prefer to take a break to recover, others, conversely, prefer to return to work quickly… I therefore think that there are other battles to lead to de-stigmatize abortion.“, concludes the expert.