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    1. The conservative Spanish government approved a bill rolling back abortion access without restrictions until 14 weeks, facing opposition from most parties and women's groups. 2. A new law came into effect allowing abortion without restriction in the first 14 weeks, but the constitutional court could intervene to change or suspend it. 3. Thousands attended a mass in Madrid supporting government moves to tighten abortion restrictions, with the archbishop saying life should be considered sacred.

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    1. The conservative Spanish government approved a bill rolling back abortion access without restrictions until 14 weeks, facing opposition from most parties and women's groups. 2. A new law came into effect allowing abortion without restriction in the first 14 weeks, but the constitutional court could intervene to change or suspend it. 3. Thousands attended a mass in Madrid supporting government moves to tighten abortion restrictions, with the archbishop saying life should be considered sacred.

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    1. The conservative Spanish government approved a bill rolling back abortion access without restrictions until 14 weeks, facing opposition from most parties and women's groups. 2. A new law came into effect allowing abortion without restriction in the first 14 weeks, but the constitutional court could intervene to change or suspend it. 3. Thousands attended a mass in Madrid supporting government moves to tighten abortion restrictions, with the archbishop saying life should be considered sacred.

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    READINGABOUTABORTION

    Readthesetextscarefullyanddecideiftheywerewrittenin2010or2013.

    1) Spain'sconservativegovernmenthasapprovedanabortionlawthatrollsback
    currentlegislationpermittingtheprocedurewithoutrestrictionsuntilthe14th
    week.Thebill,whichmustbeapprovedbyparliament,hasbeen vigorously
    opposedbymostoppositionpartiesandwomen'sgroupsacrossthecountry.

    2) A new law allowing abortion without restrictions in the first 14 weeks of


    pregnancywentintoeffectonMonday,buttheConstitutionalCourtcould
    intervenetosuspendorchangeit.

    3) ThousandsofpeoplehaveattendedaMassinMadridtohonorfamilyvalues
    andsupportgovernmentmovesaimedattighteningrestrictionsonabortionin
    Spain. Archbishop Antonio Rouco Varela led Sunday's outdoor service in
    Colonsquareandsaid"thegiftoflife"shouldbeconsideredsacredandnot
    tamperedwith.

    4) TheconservativegovernmentofPrimeMinisterMarianoRajoyonDec.20
    gave his Cabinet approval for a new abortion law that would allow
    terminationsonlyinthecaseofrapeorwhenthereisaserioushealthriskto
    themotherorfetus.SuchalawwouldneedtobeapprovedbyParliament,
    wherethegovernmenthasalargemajority.

    5) SpainonWednesdayapprovedasweepingnewlawthateasesrestrictionson
    abortion, declaring the practice a woman's right and doing away with the
    threat of imprisonment, in part of a drive toward liberal policies that has
    angered conservatives and the Catholic Church. The new law allows the
    procedurewithoutrestrictionsupto14weeksandgives16and17yearolds
    therighttohaveabortionswithoutparentalconsent.Thesenate'spassageof
    thebillWednesdaygivesitfinalapproval.

    6) Countrywide protests erupted in Spain early this weekend over the


    government'sapprovalofanewhardlineabortionlaw thatwillpermitthe
    procedureonlyincasesofrape,seriousmentalorphysicalriskstothemother,
    orlifethreateningfetaldeformities.Prochoicegroupshavepledgedtostage
    protestsagainstthechange,whichwillbedebatedinparliament.

    7) Spanishwomenhavebeenabletoobtainabortionswithoutrestrictionsuntil
    the14thweekofapregnancyunderalawintroducedbySpain'sthensocialist
    government.

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