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Spain has approved a draft bill that would remove the requirement for 16 and 17-year-old girls to have parental consent before terminating a pregnancy.

The new bill is aimed at reforming a previous abortion law approved by the conservative People's Party in 2015.

Government spokeswoman Isabel Rodriguez said the bill represented "a new step forward for democracy".

If the bill is approved, Spain will become the first country in Europe to offer its workers paid menstrual leave.

In Spain, voluntary abortion is allowed up until the 14th week of pregnancy.

But doctors in traditionally Roman Catholic Spain will still be able to sign up to a register of conscientious objectors, El País reports.

[bbc.com]

Petter 9 May 17
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Progress

bobwjr Level 10 May 17, 2022
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Whodathunk that Spain would be more progressive than the USA.

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I hope Spain is able to retain its more liberal government.

It’s certainly come a long way since Franco’s dictatorship gave way to more democratic government in 1975.

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