Hundreds protest at abortion plans
Women with slogans written on their bodies take part in a pro-choice rally. Photo: AFP
Several hundred people have held a demonstration against a government proposal to make it harder for women to get abortions in Spain.
The protesters in Madrid included one young woman who wrote the slogan "Judges and priests away from my body" on her stomach.
Justice minister Alberto Ruiz Gallardon has said he will ask parliament to change the law, including a new requirement for parental permission in cases where 16 and 17-year-olds want to end pregnancies.
In 2010, Spain's Socialist government changed the law to allow abortions without restrictions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, and for 16 and 17-year-olds without parental permission.
Mr Gallardon's right-leaning Popular Party won a landslide victory in November and has promised to carry out its campaign pledge to tighten abortion laws.
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Victor Gelfo
Jul 30th 2012, 11:08
Only Conservatism guaranties values and sane politics.
Unfortunatly,as history has shown, conservatism has to pay hard to mend the socialist and progressive insane policies.
Luckily for us Spain is on the right track now.
Victor Gelfo
Jul 30th 2012, 11:02
Only Conservatism guaranties values and sane politics.
Unfortunatly,as history has shown, conservatism has to pay hard to mend the socialist and progressive insane policies.
Luckily for us Spain is on the right track now.
Alan Deidun
Jul 30th 2012, 08:08
Whilst it is widely acknowledged that Europe's dismal birth rates will be the root cause of social upheavals in future, Zapatero's government paved the way for further abortions.......the rabidly pro-choice activists will now contend that at 14 weeks, we are not dealing with a human being and that its the woman's (teenager in this case, since at at 16-17 years, we cant really speak of a woman) prerogative what she does with the contents of her uterus - this is simply tantamount to treating abortion as a form of glorified cowardly murder and to treating pregnancies, a blessing, as a form of commodity
Pule' Carmel
Jul 30th 2012, 01:39
Abortion, in most cases, is a sad feature of a bankrupt and foolish mind. When a woman genuinly needs it, it still is very sad.
Joseph Aquilina
Jul 29th 2012, 22:54
Socialisim is the same all over the world ... destroying families and social values thus bringing whole countries into ruin ... Spain is a prime example of this ... A country which under Aznar was considered one of the best in the EU, after 8 years of socialisim is now on its knees next to ruin! In Malta we should learn from the mistakes of others; support the traditional family since that is what kept the recession away from our shores.
Pule' Carmel
Jul 30th 2012, 23:59
I cannot remember where I read this one.
Socialism is the philosophy of failure, a creed of ignorance, a gospel of envy, its virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
I think it was Sir Winston Churchil who said it.
Please choose the reason of your report below: