MPs in Spain's Parliament on Thursday voted through a bill granting paid medical leave to women who suffer from severe period pain, becoming the first European country to advance such legislation.
With news that millions of women across the United States could soon lose their right to an abortion, we look at what the abortion laws are in Spain and find out if women overseas can fly to Spain to have the procedure.
In Spain women can get an abortion for free in all public hospitals up until 14 weeks, no questions asked. But the reality is that many doctors refuse to perform them. The Spanish government is revising its laws to make sure it is enforced across the country.
Gibraltar heads to the polls on Thursday to vote on plans to ease abortion laws which currently carry possible life sentences for offenders, in a referendum delayed for over a year by the coronavirus pandemic.
Gibraltar has postponed next week's referendum on easing its draconian abortion laws over virus concerns, saying a reduction in the number of elderly voters could harm the democratic legitimacy of the vote.
Rare divisions have emerged in Gibraltar over
an upcoming referendum on easing the tiny territory's draconian abortion laws
as a poll published on Thursday suggested 70 percent would vote in favour.
From a “gag law” limiting free speech to officers mistreating migrants and refugees, Spain still has a way to go on human rights, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
Thousands of Spaniards marched in Madrid on Saturday warning the government that its decision to abandon plans to restrict women's access to abortion will cost it conservative votes in this year's general election.
The number of abortions carried out in Spain fell to its lowest level in seven years in 2013 despite the introduction of more liberal laws in 2010, new figures reveal.
A top advisory body has told the Spanish government that its bid to make 16- and 17-year-old girls obtain parental consent before having an abortion is legally flawed.
Tens of thousands of Spaniards rallied in Madrid on Saturday threatening to punish the government in elections next year unless it revives a plan to restrict women's access to abortion.
Updated: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday announced his government would shelve plans for a tough new law on abortions, saying there was not enough support for the legislation.
After months of demonstrations for and against a draft bill which would see Spain have its most stringent abortion laws since the 1980s, a leading Spanish daily is claiming the country's Prime Minister is preparing to shelve it.
Spain's Justice Ministry has decided to allow women to abort in cases where the foetus is malformed, as part of a stringent abortion bill which has been slammed both at home and abroad.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy Tuesday stuck by his government's plan to curb women's abortion rights but said he was open to debate on the bill which has sparked angry protests.
A TV commercial by Spanish clothing company Desigual has caused a stir by showing a young woman sticking a pin into condoms as a means of falling pregnant more easily.
A women's lobby group has set up a fictitious travel agency offering all-inclusive 'abortion holidays' abroad as an ominous reminder of what Spanish women may be forced to do if a tough new law is passed in May.
Opponents of new anti-abortion laws currently pending in Spain have used inflatable sex dolls to draw attention to what they describe as "women's rights being trampled by politicians and legislators".
Five activists belonging to controversial feminist group Femen have staged a protest against an anti-abortion demonstration in Spain's capital by baring their breasts and painting skulls on their faces.
A key study suggests that an overwhelming number of women with unwanted pregnancies will resort to underground abortions in Spain and abroad if the country's strict new abortion law is passed in Parliament.
More than 120 years after Spain's Mixed Masonic Order was founded, members have revealed their identity for the first time in history as part of a protest against the country’s stringent draft abortion laws.
Thousands rallied in Spanish cities on Saturday to mark International Women's Day with noisy demonstrations for equality at work and against the government's bid to curb abortion rights.
