In the Sunday newspaper, 32 personalities call for better protection of women resorting to voluntary termination of pregnancy. Several companies have recently announced the creation of a leave for miscarriages.
” So that our daughters can abort without shame or loss of salary. ” It is the appeal launched by 32 French personalities in the JDD this Sunday, April 30. Lawyers, journalists, feminists… They demand the creation of leave in the event of voluntary termination of pregnancy.
32 personalities, journalists, lawyers, entrepreneurs are committed to the creation of leave for voluntary terminations of pregnancy, after several companies have undertaken to create leave for spontaneous terminations of pregnancy, that is, miscarriages.
The signatories recall that the social partners of the Syntec branch (digital and consulting) have signed an agreement providing for two days’ leave in the event of miscarriage, and that the Carrefour group has granted three days to its employees for the same reason, allowing to women affected by 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 “.
“ Thus designed, the abortion process retains a taste of the illicit »
” But what about voluntary termination of pregnancy, for which there is still no dedicated leave? “, they wonder, believing that” 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. “. For the signatories, a dedicated leave would legitimize and affirm this fundamental right which is still exercised today, clandestinely vis-à-vis the professional sphere “.
” We want our daughters and granddaughters to be able to abort without shame or loss of pay “, they conclude. Among the signatories are notably Élise Goldfarb and Julia Layani, creators of the podcast Coming out, or the filmmakers Radu Mihaileanu.
(With AFP)