Spain Scraps Plans for Tough New Abortion Law - the Local
The draft reform, approved in January, would have allowed abortions only in cases of rape which had been reported to the police or when there was a medically-certified threat to the mother’s physical or psychological health.
Current legislation will now be revamped to ensure that 16 and 17-year-olds have to obtain parental permission before having an abortion, meaning that the most controversial aspects of the planned reforms will fall by the wayside.
“We are very happy with the decision, and we should all be celebrating,” Rosa Escapa, the president of Spanish women’s lobby group Celem told The Local.
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