SPAIN moves to enshrine abortion as constitutional right

Sánchez accused the PP of “merging with the far right”

Inés Fernández-Pontes, Euractiv
Oct 3, 2025

MADRID – The Spanish government on Friday proposed a constitutional reform to protect abortion rights, amid a political row between Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party, the conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox over alleged misinformation promoted by Madrid’s PP-led city council.

“In a global context of attacks on sexual and reproductive rights, this step is needed to guarantee women’s freedom and autonomy,” government sources said. The initiative follows a PP–Vox-backed measure passed by Madrid PP-ruled city council obliging health centres to provide information on alleged “post-abortion trauma.”

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