Tens of thousands join March for Life in Spain

Tens of thousands of pro-life supporters from across Spain have gathered in Madrid for the country’s annual March for Life.

According to organisers, the event attracted 50,000 supporters who marched through the country’s capital, holding signs such as “every life matters”.

In Spain, abortion is legal for any reason up to 14 weeks. Earlier this year, the country passed legislation making it even easier for women to obtain abortions and enabling 16 and 17-years-olds to undergo them without parental consent.

‘Best thing’

Mum Marita told attendees how her husband deserted her when she became pregnant, but she decided not to enter an abortion clinic after pro-lifers made her feel like she “was not alone or abandoned”.

She added: “Today I am here with my son, which is the best thing that could have happened to me”.

Another Mum, Melissa, explained that she resisted pressure to abort her fourth child, after a social worker questioned her what she would do with “so many children” and told her abortion was “the ideal thing to do”.

pro-lifers made her feel like she was not alone or abandoned

The event’s manifesto, signed by 500 participating organisations, called on Spain to push back against “all laws and practices that threaten life and human nature at any moment of its existence”, including abortion, euthanasia and radical gender ideology.

Hijacked

In the UK earlier this month, pro-abortion MPs hijacked a parliamentary debate to demand that legal safeguards protecting the unborn are abandoned.

During a debate to mark International Women’s Day, Jackie Doyle-Price pushed for a radical liberalisation of abortion legislation and Dame Diane Johnson called for abortion to be made available on demand.

Under the Abortion Act 1967, women are allowed to abort their unborn babies for effectively any reason before 24 weeks. Abortion is already available up to birth for children deemed to have a disability.