Overview

• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he will take a proposal to Parliament to add an explicit right to abortion to the Constitution.
• La Moncloa pledged measures to stop women seeking abortions from receiving misleading or non-evidence-based counseling.
• The push follows a Madrid City Council motion promoted by Vox, initially backed by the PP, to warn about a so-called post-abortion syndrome.
• Madrid’s mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, acknowledged the syndrome is not scientifically recognized and said any warning would not be mandatory.
• The PP quickly rejected the constitutional bid, arguing a change is unnecessary because abortion is already legal and upheld by the Constitutional Court, and approval would require PP votes; if passed, Spain would become the second country after France to constitutionalize abortion rights.