Madrid (EFE) disabling menstruation.
From the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SEGO) they explain to EFE that the people who will be able to take advantage of this last permit will be limited, since the norm establishes that the leave for disabling menstruations can only be requested by patients diagnosed with secondary dysmenorrhea.
Specifically, the abortion reform recognizes for the first time “the situation of disability derived from dysmenorrhea generated by a previously diagnosed pathology”, that is, the existence of painful menstruation that does not allow the performance of daily activities as long as it has been accredited by a doctor and it is a “secondary dysmenorrhea”.
This type of dysmenorrhea is that associated with pathologies such as endometriosis, fibroids, adenomyosis or other ailments such as pelvic inflammation, endometrial olips, polycystic ovaries or difficulty in the outflow of menstrual blood.
This is explained to EFE by the president of SEGO, Txantón Martínez-Astorquiza, who points out that between 15 and 20% of women suffer from primary dysmenorrhea, that is, menstrual pain for no recognized reason.
“We suspect that it may be caused by an increase in prostaglandins, because when the uterus ruptures to expel the endometrium it hurts, due to contractions during the period or due to the passage of blood and endometrial material, but we don’t know.” concrete.
These women would be left without leave, despite the fact that “many times this primary dysmenorrhea is as painful or as disabling as the secondary ones”, in the words of Martínez-Astorquiza.
For this reason, the president of SEGO proposes that the permits for disabling menstruation be managed by a gynecologist who does the “pertinent tests” on patients who suffer from this ailment and, if they do not improve with treatment, can offer them sick leave. .
Permits for termination of pregnancy and week 39
With regard to casualties after having undergone a voluntary termination of pregnancy or having suffered a miscarriage, Martínez-Astorquiza points out that these permits were already being granted, even if it was for common and non-specific contingencies.
“If you have an abortion, it is a complicated moment, whether voluntary or involuntary,” says the president of SEGO, who considers “logical” that the subsequent period should be “covered by a leave” because, “you have to do a curettage or a pharmacological treatment, both carry pain and discomfort.
For its part, the law establishes that leave from the 39th week of pregnancy will not be deducted from the 16 weeks of leave that correspond to the birth of a child.
In the three types of leave, the subsidy will be received from the first day of leave, unlike other types of temporary disabilities, where the remuneration begins from the fourth day.
What does not change are the percentage of the salary received, which will continue to be less than 100%, and the contribution requirements to be able to access these disabilities, since it is necessary to have worked 180 days in the 5 years prior to the leave.
The rest of the measures contemplated in the reform of the abortion law entered into force the day after the publication of the norm in the Official State Gazette, that is, on March 2.
The Minister for Equality, Irene Montero, urged the different autonomous communities last week to execute the provisions for which they have their own jurisdiction, such as the creation of a register of objectors in each region or guarantee that all women have the possibility of abortion at the public hospital closest to your home.
“All the autonomous communities must guarantee that, when you go to a public hospital, there are always professionals who can attend you and make your right to voluntary termination of pregnancy effective,” Montero said last Wednesday on his Twitter account, where he reported that He had sent a letter to the leaders of the different regions with these instructions.