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.”

Continued: https://www.euractiv.com/news/spain-moves-to-enshrine-abortion-as-constitutional-right/

03.10.2025

Spain – Right and far-right parties launch global anti-abortion offensive in Madrid

The senate became a “theme park” against women’s reproductive and sexual rights.

Fernando Heller, EuroEFE.EURACTIV.es
Dec 3, 2024

Right-wing and far-right politicians launched an offensive against abortion on Monday at an 'ultra' summit in the Spanish Senate, despite the left-wing government's criticism of Spain's right-wing Partido Popular for compromising the neutrality of this state institution.

The Spanish Senate, where Spain’s Partido Popular (PP/EPP), the main opposition force to Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's (PSOE/S&D) government, has a majority, hosted the VI Transatlantic Summit Against Abortion, an international forum bringing together 300 representatives of the far-right and right-wing camps from 45 countries.

Continued: https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/news/right-and-far-right-parties-launch-global-anti-abortion-offensive-in-madrid/

Spain’s far-right party Vox would abolish law allowing abortion

July 7, 2023

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's far-right party Vox proposed abolishing the current laws allowing abortion and euthanasia, according to its election manifesto published on Friday.

"We defend the right to life from conception to natural death," said the 169-page document, which was launched as the campaign began for Spain's snap election on July 23.

Continued: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/spains-far-right-party-vox-would-law-allowing-abortion-2023-07-07/

07.07.2023

Spanish People’s party stops far-right anti-abortion move from going ahead

Leader of Castilla y León region defies proposals by Vox partner that prompted legal action by central government

Sam Jones in Madrid
Tue 17 Jan 2023

The conservative leader of Spain’s Castilla y León region has defied his far-right coalition partners by insisting that a series of controversial anti-abortion protocols that prompted the central government to launch legal action will not be enacted.

Last week the far-right Vox party, which governs Castilla y León in coalition with the larger conservative People’s party (PP), announced “pro-life” proposals that would oblige doctors to offer women seeking terminations a 4D scan, a chance to listen to the foetal heartbeat, and a psychological consultation.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/17/spanish-government-acts-over-far-right-regional-anti-abortion-move

17.01.2023

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Spanish region’s anti-abortion measures spark dispute with Madrid

Initiative includes making it obligatory for clinics to offer pregnant women chance to listen to foetus’s heartbeat

Guy Hedgecoe in Madrid
Mon Jan 16 2023

A contentious policy announcement on abortion by a regional wing of Spain’s far-right Vox party has led to it being overruled by its coalition partner after being threatened with legal action by the central government.

Last week, Vox’s vice-president of the Castilla y León region, Juan García-Gallardo, unveiled an initiative which would make it obligatory for clinics to offer women the chance to listen to their unborn baby’s heartbeat or see a scan before proceeding with a termination.

Continued: https://www.irishtimes.com/world/europe/2023/01/16/spanish-regions-anti-abortion-measures-spark-dispute-with-madrid/

16.01.2023

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Regional abortion rights restrictions spark debate in Spain

Jan 12, 2023

MADRID (AP) — A regional government’s move to restrict abortion rights in a large part of central Spain reignited debate Friday on the issue in the southern European country, in the runup to this year’s local elections.

Under the new measures adopted by the conservative and far-right coalition governing the Castile and Leon region, women seeking an abortion there must be offered optional access to unsolicited resources by doctors before starting the procedure.

Continued: https://apnews.com/article/abortion-health-spain-government-e381fcb485ffb887581752945ce35f98

12.01.2023