More than 100,000 people demonstrated in Madrid on Sunday against a reform of the abortion law. The bill stipulates, among other things, that previously prescribed cooling-off periods no longer apply and that girls from the age of 16 no longer need permission from their legal guardian to have an abortion.
In addition, the socialist government under Pedro Sanchez wants to oblige public hospitals to offer abortions and have the right staff to do so. One of the women now being treated is the American woman who was refused an abortion in Malta despite medical necessity.
“Keep people thinking”
Apart from that, the planned liberalization is not well received by everyone in Spain. More than 200 civil society organizations, including many from the church sector, had called for participation in the protest march to Plaza de Colon in Madrid on Sunday. In the end, more than 100,000 opponents of the new abortion law came. The Spanish government wants to change the reality and “say that killing is good and merciful, while care, prayer and help for those in need are bad,” said Carmen Fernandez de la Cigona of the Institute of Family Studies.
Also protest against euthanasia
The abolition of the mandatory three-day cooling-off period for an abortion should “stop people from thinking”. According to a prayer campaign leader, 2.5 million abortions have been performed in Spain since legalization in 1985.
The protesters also criticized the recently decided euthanasia, which was “unjust and totalitarian”. The quashing of the US Supreme Court ruling “Roe vs. Wade” shows “that the debate on the culture of life is far from over,” said organizer Jaime Mayor Oreja of the life protection association “Neos”.
The bill was passed on May 17 and has yet to be discussed and voted on in the House of Representatives. Then the Senate comes into play.
Source: Krone
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