Overview

• The Madrid regional leader said she would further delay an official response to the national demand to establish a registry of conscientious objectors under the 2023 abortion law.
• Ayuso rejected what she called Sánchez's "machito" tone and cited her own loss of two pregnancies as she dismissed receiving "lessons" from the prime minister.
• Sánchez said the government will seek a Council of State opinion to pursue a constitutional safeguard for abortion and will require Madrid to implement the registry.
• Aragón, Asturias and the Balearic Islands signaled they are working on the registry, leaving Madrid as the lone holdout after its health chief had previously said the region would comply.
• The registry is an internal health-service tool, not a public list, and the current dispute follows a Madrid City Council vote backing a Vox motion on a non-evidence-based 'post-abortion syndrome'; separately, Ayuso defended her chief of staff despite testimony he fabricated a claim to a judge.