Spain to restore ban on abortion

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THE CONSERVATIVE government in Spain plans to ban abortions, overturning a two-year-old law allowing terminations on demand, a justice ministry source has said, in a move likely to galvanise support among its core voters.

The previous Socialist government passed a law in 2010 allowing women to have a termination up to 14 weeks into a pregnancy or up to 22 weeks in cases of severe abnormalities, in line with most European countries.

The ruling People’s Party, which came to power in December and holds an absolute majority in parliament, is expected to present a Bill that scraps that law in October, based on the recommendations of a committee of experts, the source said.

Economic reforms such, as sweeping changes to labour law, have dominated the government’s agenda up to now as it fights to stave off a full European rescue against a background of soaring borrowing costs.