Spain reforms teenage abortion law

Spain is to reform its abortion law to make parental permission mandatory for 16- and 17-year-olds looking to end pregnancies.

Spain reforms teenage abortion law
Wed, 25 Jan, 2012 - 11:36

Spain is to reform its abortion law to make parental permission mandatory for 16- and 17-year-olds looking to end pregnancies.

The former Socialist government updated a 1985 law in 2010 to allow abortions without restrictions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy and for 16- and 17-year-olds to have the operation without their parents’ permission.

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