“Quiero un billete a Londres con todo incluido”: la práctica del aborto en España (1960-1985)

Abortion has been a process that many women have had to resort to throughout history. Its practice has, however, been condemned in almost all societies, both at a social and legislative level. In Franco’s Spain, the practice of abortion was condemned both for those women who underwent it and for the people who performed it. However, this did not prevent women from undergoing it, especially in the 1960s when a phenomenon that came to be called “abortion tourism” occurred, reflecting the changes that were taking place in terms of sexuality. Oral sources, as well as other types of studies, shed light onthe experiences of the practice of abortion in Spain, both when it was illegal and when it was partially legalized, and in countries such as Great Britain. This practice is understood as a challenge to the hegemonic model of sexuality.