Spain is awaiting the publication in coming days of a new law banning the intimidation or harassment of women entering abortion clinics.
The legal changes mean that anyone harassing a woman going into an abortion clinic will be committing a crime that can be punished with up to one year in prison.
Spain’s government, led by the center-left Socialist government, proposed the law last year and lawmakers approved it in September.They argued that the alterations flew in the face of the constitutional right to free speech and the right to assemble. Anti-abortion groups said their gatherings outside abortion clinics were organized to pray and offer help to the women.
The national Association of Accredited Clinics for Pregnancy Termination says that more than 100 cases of harassment are reported outside clinics each year.
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