abortion

abortion

Topless activists shake up anti-abortion demo

Bare-breasted activists from the Femen feminist movement briefly disrupted an anti-abortion march in Madrid on Sunday, as thousands urged the government to ban the terminating of pregnancies in Spain.

abortion

'Going topless doesn't disturb peace': Judge

The topless protesters who caused a stir in Spain's Parliament on Wednesday with their pro-abortion message have been released from detention after the judge overseeing the case said a display of breasts did not threaten public order.

abortion

Spain set to tighten up on liberal abortion law

Spain's right-leaning government said on Monday it will present a stricter abortion law to parliament in October.

Crime

Spain's 'pipe baby' freed after 40 hours in drain

A Spanish woman has been arrested for attempted murder after her two-day old baby was discovered inside a building's drains in Alicante and painstakingly rescued by firefighters, police said on Sunday.

religion

Spanish abortion reform stalled by dissent

Despite ramming through austerity measures that sparked popular protest in the streets, Spain's right-leaning government seems to be hesitating on a potentially more divisive reform: tightening the abortion law.

gender

Spain's abortion law plans spark outcry

Spain's centre-right Popular Party government, under pressure from the Catholic Church and its ultraconservative wing, has vowed to "promptly" tighten the nation's abortion laws, angering the opposition Socialist Party which had eased access to the procedure.

abortion

Spain's left slams abortion law changes

Spain's socialist opposition party say they will mount a legal challenge against any changes that make Spain's abortion law more restrictive. They will also downgrade their relations with the Vatican if new rules are introduced.