Thousands of people have taken part in a protest against a planned abortion law shake-up plan to restrict terminations in Spain.

At least ten thousand turned out for this protest in Madrid.

The move to allow terminations only in cases of rape or endangerment of the mother's health have sparked outrage.

At the moment Spanish law allows abortion up to the 14th week of pregnancy or up to 22 weeks in cases of foetal deformities.

If it's enacted the proposed new rules would make Spain one of the most restrictive nations in Europe on abortion.

It was proposed by the prime minister in an apparent attempt to rally core conservative support.

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