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Spain abortion: Rajoy scraps tighter law
BBC News
23 September 2014
Spain abortion: Rajoy scraps tighter law
Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy has dropped plans to limit abortion to cases of rape or where the mother's health is at serious risk.
The proposals had drawn widespread opposition and prompted dissent in Mr Rajoy's Popular Party, despite being part of its election programme in 2011.
The government will instead seek to stop 16 and 17-year-olds having an abortion without parental consent...
...Shortly after Mr Rajoy announced the government's decision to row back on the planned reforms, the architect of the bill, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, announced his resignation as justice minister....
MORE at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29322561
