Thousands of Pro-Life Advocates in Spain Rally Against Law Expanding Abortions

by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
March 8, 2010

Madrid, Spain (LifeNews.com) -- Tens of thousands of pro-life advocates rallied in Spain yesterday to protest changes to Spanish law that expands legalized abortions. The Spain Parliament last month approved the final version of a new law that expands abortions and provides no parental consent for teenagers wanting abortions.

Under the bill, abortions are allowed for any reason to 14 weeks, they are allowed up to 22 weeks if an abortion practitioner certifies a serious threat to the health of the mother, or says the unborn child is disabled.

Beyond 22 weeks, abortions are only allowed in serious cases of fetal disability and in cases where the pregnancy threatens the mother's life.

Thousands of pro-life advocates with heart-shaped balloons marched for the second time in six months against the Socialist government in the nation's parliament that approved abortion expansion. The previous march in October drew tens of thousands in one of the largest demonstrations in Europe in years. the rest