This Friday the new casualties included in the abortion law reform approved last February: by voluntary or involuntary termination of pregnancy and disabling menstruationjust like him permission from the week 39 gestation.
From the Spanish Society of Gynecology and Obstetrics (SEGO) they estimate that the number of people who will be able to benefit from the low for menstruation be limitedgiven that the standard establishes that only patients with diagnosis of dysmenorrhea secondary.
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 certified by a doctor and it is a “secondary dysmenorrhea”.
This type of dysmenorrhea is that associated with pathologies such asendometriosis, fibroidstodenomyosis or other ailments like pelvic inflammation, endometrial olips, polycystic ovaries or difficulty in the output of menstrual blood.
Ignorance of pain
The president of SEGO, Txantón Martínez-Astorquiza, points out that between the 15 and 20% of women suffer primary dysmenorrheai.e. menstrual pain without a 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 menstrual contractions or the passage of blood and endometrial material, but we don’t know.” concrete.
These women would stay no leavedespite the fact that “many times this primary dysmenorrhea is as painful or as incapacitating as the secondary ones”, in the words of Martínez-Astorquiza.
For this reason, the president of SEGO proposes that the leaves for disabling menstruation be managed by a gynecologist who performs 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 abortion
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 it “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 public health
In the three types of permission the subsidy will be received from the first day of withdrawalunlike other types of temporary disabilities, where remuneration begins from the fourth day.
What does not change is the percentage of the salary received, which will still 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 leave.
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