La interrupción voluntaria del embarazo, comúnmente conocida como aborto, es un tema de amplio debate en las Democracias del mundo actual. Es un problema relacionado con la sexualidad y con la reproducción pero, a la vez, genera muchos problemas en el ámbito de la moral. Nos centraremos en su estudio en España, aunque al final recurramos a una somera revisión de algunas legislaciones cercanas.AbstractThe voluntary interruption of pregnancy, commonly known as abortion is a subject of much debate in the democracies of today. It is a problem with sexuality and reproduction, but at the same time, causes many problems in the field of morality. We will focus on their study in Spain, but in the end resort to a brief review of some laws nearby.