{"id":367,"date":"2009-10-21T21:02:41","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T21:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=367"},"modified":"2025-09-30T02:11:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T02:11:44","slug":"prolife-march-in-madrid-spai-attracts-one-million-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/life-net-bf3c43.ingress-alpha.ewp.live\/?p=367","title":{"rendered":"Prolife march in Madrid, Spain attracts one million people"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fantastic. We mentioned this pending March on October 15th, here LifeNet: Spanish Bishops urge big turnout for Prolife march<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

Even the secular press in Britain took notice. Go here for a video.<\/p>\n

BBC NEWS | Europe | Big anti-abortion rally in Spain<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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They gathered in the heart of Madrid under an enormous blue banner the height of a two-storey building emblazoned with the simple message: "Every life matters." <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And here's a more in-depth (but brief) analysis<\/p>\n

MercatorNet | Family Edge<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

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There are 48 million people in Spain, 308 million in the US. Imagine the world headlines and pictures if the equivalent number of people — around 6 million — had marched through Washington\u2026 <\/p>\n

This is not the first massive protest against the liberalisation of abortion being pushed by Prime Minister Zapatero\u2019s government, and judging by the response of his Equality Minister Bibiana Aido (\u201cnobody has a monopoly on morality\u201d) it won\u2019t be the last. The socialists want to pass a bill that would allow abortion on demand up until the 14th week of pregnancy — including for girls from the age of 16, with or without parental consent. Abortions would be available until the 22nd week on grounds of maternal health or fetal deformity, and later where the fetus had a \u201cserious or incurable medical condition\u201d. <\/p>\n

Current laws prohibit abortion except in cases of rape, fetal malformation, or where the continuation of the pregnancy would cause physical or mental harm to the mother. <\/p>\n

The media like to \u201cexplain\u201d such demonstrations with stock phrases such as, \u201cthe overwhelmingly Catholic country\u201d and \u201cSpain\u2019s traditionally Roman Catholic electorate\u201d, the implication being that the Church still has some kind of a hold over the \u201cpeasants\u201d while an enlightened political class carry the banner of liberty and human rights. <\/p>\n

Yet two new polls show that the country is split down the middle over this issue: A poll by Spanish digital newspaper ABC said 42 percent of Spaniards believed there was no overwhelming popular support for the reforms, with 38 percent saying that there was overwhelming support for them. Another<\/font><\/a>, by Instituto Noxa published in La Vanguardia, showed that 44 per cent of respondents support the proposed changes, while 46 per cent oppose them. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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