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lynn82md.livejournal.com2014-02-01 02:02 pm
Pro-choice rally in Madrid over planned curbs
Pro-choice supporters were set to converge on Madrid's streets on Saturday to voice their opposition to a government plan to restrict access to abortion.
A "freedom train" of protesters from northern Spain was due to arrive in Madrid later Saturday morning while supporting protests were also planned in Paris and London.
Under pressure from the Catholic Church, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative government announced on December 20 it would roll back a 2010 law that allows women to opt freely for abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
The new law, yet to pass parliament where the ruling People's Party enjoys an absolute majority, would allow abortion only in cases of rape or a threat to the physical or psychological health of the mother.
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A "freedom train" of protesters from northern Spain was due to arrive in Madrid later Saturday morning while supporting protests were also planned in Paris and London.
Under pressure from the Catholic Church, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's conservative government announced on December 20 it would roll back a 2010 law that allows women to opt freely for abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
The new law, yet to pass parliament where the ruling People's Party enjoys an absolute majority, would allow abortion only in cases of rape or a threat to the physical or psychological health of the mother.
( More )