abortion law

Spain’s top court backs change to abortion law that allows 16- and 17-year-olds to terminate pregnancies without parental permission, rejecting appeal filed by far-right party Vox

SPAIN’S Constitutional Court has backed a reform to the country’s abortion laws that was passed last year by the leftist government, and that allows for

18 Jun, 2024 @ 16:00

Lead·Politics

Spain Stops Women Being Hassled By Protestors When Going For An Abortion

Number of abortions carried out in Spain rises 9% in 2022 from year before

THE NUMBER of abortions carried out in Spain during 2022 came in at 98,136, which represents a 9% increase on the year before. That’s according

1 Oct, 2023 @ 18:00

Health·Lead

Lawmakers in Spain sent replica 12-week old foetuses after approving new abortion law

LAWMAKERS from a number of different Spanish political parties have been receiving bags containing fake human foetuses as a form of protest against a new

4 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Lead·National News·Politics

Trans Community Activists Protest Outside The Congress Of Deputies In Madrid, Spain 18 May 2021

As Spain’s new Trans Law comes into effect, 20-year-old Lucia becomes first person to use it to legally change gender

ONE OF SPAIN’S most controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘Trans Law’, came into effect today. And in Madrid, 20-year-old Lucia was the first person

2 Mar, 2023 @ 19:45

Lead·National News·Politics

Spain’s Congress gives definitive approval to ‘trans law’ and abortion reform

TWO controversial pieces of legislation, the so-called ‘trans law’ and a reform to Spain’s abortion regulations, were definitively approved today by lawmakers in the Congress

16 Feb, 2023 @ 17:25

Lead·National News·Politics

Pedro Sanchez tells NATO that training base in Spain for Ukraine army will open next week

Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties

SPANISH Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez used his platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday to warn against allowing far-right political parties into

18 Jan, 2023 @ 18:00

Lead·National News·Politics

Abortions in Spain rose by 3% in 2024 with women under 20 accounting for a tenth of terminations

Far-right Vox party announces new abortion measures for Spain’s Castilla y Leon region

THE FAR-RIGHT Vox party wants to restrict abortion rights in the Castilla y Leon region by putting in new optional measures for women such as

15 Jan, 2023 @ 15:45

Health·Lead·National News·Politics

Minister of health, care, justice and equity, Samantha Sacramento

EXPLAINER: What you need to know about Gibraltar’s new abortion legislation

AT long last, abortion is now legal in Gibraltar, and as of July 15 women can officially request the new service, carried out by the

16 Jul, 2021 @ 15:00

Gibraltar·Lead

Training underway for health professionals in Gibraltar ahead of new abortion legislation

LAST week, the GHA arranged two training sessions for clinical professionals following the implementation of the new abortion law, which is expected to begin this

12 Jul, 2021 @ 14:45

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar Abortion Referendum: What you need to know and where you can vote

TODAY, the people of Gibraltar finally get their chance to vote in the abortion referendum and have their say in whether the Crimes Act should

24 Jun, 2021 @ 11:25

Gibraltar·Lead

Both sides of Gibraltar abortion debate strengthen their support bases before March 19 referendum

Gibraltarians as young as 16-year-old will be able to vote on whether abortion becomes legal after a landmark case secured the right to women in

9 Jan, 2020 @ 16:18

Gibraltar

Catholic Spain clamps down on abortion

The People's Party has introduced one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws

30 Jun, 2014 @ 12:24

Lead·National News

Andalucia: No to abortion bill

Andalucia to oppose changes to abortion law, after study finds two thirds of women would seek illegal abortion if the proposals are passed

18 Mar, 2014 @ 18:02

Protests against tough new Spanish abortion law continue

At least 10,000 turned out for protest on the streets of Madrid

10 Mar, 2014 @ 10:23

Lead·National News

Spain’s abortion law protests go European

Hundreds of thousands protest against Spain's proposal to change abortion laws

4 Feb, 2014 @ 11:48

Abortion law protestors to gather outside Spanish embassy in Paris

Anti abortion law protests go international as demonstrators gather outside Spain's overseas embassies

1 Feb, 2014 @ 06:30

Lead·National News

Abortion reforms gain momentum

Spain’s Abortion law changes are one step closer to reality

26 Nov, 2009 @ 19:15

National News

An abortion protest that shrank in size

Organisers claimed millions of protesters, while the media and police insisted there were 250,000. The truth, it emerges, is much less

29 Oct, 2009 @ 00:01

National News

Spain’s top court backs change to abortion law that allows 16- and 17-year-olds to terminate pregnancies without parental permission, rejecting appeal filed by far-right party Vox

Number of abortions carried out in Spain rises 9% in 2022 from year before

Lawmakers in Spain sent replica 12-week old foetuses after approving new abortion law

As Spain’s new Trans Law comes into effect, 20-year-old Lucia becomes first person to use it to legally change gender

Spain’s Congress gives definitive approval to ‘trans law’ and abortion reform

Speaking at Davos, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez issues warning about far-right parties

Far-right Vox party announces new abortion measures for Spain’s Castilla y Leon region

EXPLAINER: What you need to know about Gibraltar’s new abortion legislation

Training underway for health professionals in Gibraltar ahead of new abortion legislation

Gibraltar Abortion Referendum: What you need to know and where you can vote

Both sides of Gibraltar abortion debate strengthen their support bases before March 19 referendum

Catholic Spain clamps down on abortion

Andalucia: No to abortion bill

Protests against tough new Spanish abortion law continue

Spain’s abortion law protests go European

Abortion law protestors to gather outside Spanish embassy in Paris

Abortion reforms gain momentum

An abortion protest that shrank in size

WATCH: Former Spanish MP is violently arrested in Madrid after refusing to answer inquiries from ‘racist’ plain-clothes police

Previously buried air-raid shelters from the Spanish Civil war are discovered in Barcelona

WATCH: Spanish police seize first ever shipment of drugs from CANADA as over three tonnes of cannabis are found in Valencia port

Chaos finally over at Malaga airport? New English-language videos guides hope to slash queues this Easter

ON THIS DAY: The deadly chain of events that caused the world’s worst aviation disaster on Spanish soil 49 years ago

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