Thousands march in Madrid against planned abortion limits


  • World
  • Saturday, 01 Feb 2014

Thousands of people march to protest a government plan to limit abortions, in Madrid February 1, 2014. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS HEALTH)

MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched in Spain's capital on Saturday to protest against a government plan to limit abortions that has caused unusually open divisions in the ruling conservative People's Party.

Protesters from around the country joined the biggest demonstration so far against a draft bill to restrict abortion to cases of rape or severe danger to the mother's health.

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