Spanish parliament to press on with restrictive abortion bill

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Socialists failed on Tuesday to block an unpopular draft law restricting women's access to abortions, which has sparked large protests across the country and caused rare rifts in the conservative People's Party (PP) that sponsored the bill.

In an unusual secret ballot, which gave its members a chance to go against the ruling party's line without being exposed, the PP, with an absolute majority in parliament, was able to defeat a motion to block the law.