Spain seeks to make abortion a constitutional right, 40 years after legalising it


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  • Friday, 03 Oct 2025

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks at a press conference in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, China September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Xihao Jiang

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's leftist government plans to enshrine the right to abortion in the constitution amid what it views as a global onslaught on reproductive freedom, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Friday.

If passed, the Mediterranean nation would become the second country in the world to make abortion rights constitutional after France did so last year. Spain marks four decades since the act ceased to be a crime in 1985.

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