Even the Popular Party itself could not have imagined the backlash over the controversial proposed abortion bill drafted by the Justice Minister, Alberto Ruiz Gallardón. The bill called for horrendously archaic rules to be applied to abortion, making almost impossible for a woman to abort a fetus, no matter what the circumstances.
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The Triumph of Parties over Democracy
by Martin Myall •
The highly controversial abortion bill, which has drawn domestic and foreign criticism, rolls forward.
Dissension Amongst the Ranks
by Martin Myall •
It seems that even leading figures in the governing party are having cold feet over the proposed abortion law. Regional ‘barons’ have been highly critical of the bill in public.
The Minister Who Won’t Resign
by Martin Myall •
The Interior Minister, Jorge Fernández Díaz, has accepted the resignation of his Director of Communications, Albert Gimeno. Sr. Fernández, however, did not offer his own resignation.
Spain’s New Abortion Laws
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Government is pushing through, with only its own party’s votes in favour, the new controversial draft bill on abortion, throwing the country back 30 years. There will be no abortion other than in cases of rape, mother’s health and fetal deformations.
Nude Protest in Spanish Parliament
by Hugh MacArthur •
Three women blasted the habitual smugness of the MP’s at the Parliament when they stripped off to the waist, shouting, “Abortion is sacred.”