Overview
- The Chamber of Deputies approved the measure on December 3 by 151 to 113, sending it to the Senate for review.
- The bill bars sexuality‑related activities in preschool and primary schools, and in secondary schools it requires written informed consent requested at least seven days in advance with disclosure of objectives, content, methods and any external experts.
- Curricular science teaching remains allowed, but extracurricular or PTOF projects on sexuality would be subject to the new consent rules and schools must provide alternative activities for non‑participants.
- Unions, NGOs and opposition parties warn the requirements will deter external projects and deepen educational inequalities, while government figures describe the law as reinforcing parental primacy and keeping “gender” ideologies out of classrooms.
- A separate plan to redefine sexual violence in Article 609‑bis was withdrawn and is not in this bill, as experts point to international evidence, including Spain’s long‑term approach, linking structured education to reductions in femicides.