Overview
- PSOE and Más Madrid forced an Extraordinary Pleno to be held before the end of the month to seek revocation of the agreement and an ex officio nullity review under Law 39/2015.
- José Luis Martínez-Almeida said the PP’s support for the Vox initiative created confusion, called it an equivocation, and pledged to clarify his stance at the session.
- The motion approved on 30 September required municipal services to give mandatory verbal and written notices about a purported post-abortion syndrome, listing severe risks such as suicide attempts, substance use, infertility, and premature death.
- The Spanish Society of Contraception stated there is no scientific evidence for a post-abortion syndrome and warned that mandating information about it lacks clinical foundation.
- National tensions are escalating as Pedro Sánchez urges regions to implement the 2023 abortion law, including registries of conscientious objectors, and proposes a constitutional safeguard for abortion rights, while Isabel Díaz Ayuso rejects creating the registry and responds with combative language.