MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Tuesday withdrew a change of an abortion law that would have made Spain one of the most difficult countries in Europe to terminate an unwanted pregnancy.
The bill had proposed allowing abortion only in the case of rape or if the pregnancy posed a serious health risk to the mother, and had deeply divided the centre-right People's Party (PP) as well as being unpopular with the electorate.
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