Rethink abortion reform

Several thousand people gathered in Madrid this weekend to demonstrate against the planned relaxing of Spain's abortion law. The conservative daily El Mundo urges the Socialist government to seek a consensus in Spanish society: "The undeniable success of the demonstration that took place on Madrid's streets yesterday [Saturday, 17 October] against the reform of [the regulations on] abortion should prompt the government to reflect on the lack of social consensus regarding its initiative . … The problem is not the reform itself, since there are enough good reasons to launch this reform, but the way it is being carried out, without seeking a consensus. The result is a one-sided law that is unacceptable for millions of Spaniards."

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