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The Council of Ministers in Spain is moving towards constitutional reform, with the aim of protecting abortion as a right. On Tuesday, April 7, this body approved in the second round the modification of Article 43 of the Constitution. Constitution<\/a>. This change implies the addition of a fourth paragraph to guarantee equal access to abortion in all regions of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to carry out the reform, it is necessary that the Popular Party vote in favor of it. Should the proposal go ahead, Spain would become the second nation in the world to include the abortion <\/a>as a right in its constitution. The first was France in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Spanish Executive, with this reform they seek to make it easier for women to access abortion through the public sector, instead of going to private centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next steps for the amendment of the Constitution require a three-fifths majority in both the Senate and the Congress to approve the reform. If consensus is not achieved, a Joint Commission will make a new text proposal that will have to be approved by Congress with a two-thirds majority and obtain an absolute majority in the Senate.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

El Consejo de Ministros en Espa\u00f1a avanza hacia la reforma constitucional, con el objetivo de blindar el aborto como un derecho. El martes 7 de abril este organismo aprob\u00f3 en segunda vuelta la modificaci\u00f3n del art\u00edculo 43 de la Constituci\u00f3n. Este cambio implica la adici\u00f3n de un cuarto apartado para garantizar el acceso al aborto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1436,"featured_media":60131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,41,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-actualidad","category-espana","category-mundo"],"yoast_head":"\nEl Gobierno espa\u00f1ol impulsa el aborto como derecho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"El Consejo de Ministros de Espa\u00f1a aprueba en segunda vuelta la modificaci\u00f3n de la Constituci\u00f3n para incluir el aborto como derecho.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.omnesmag.com\/en\/news\/government-abortion-law-constitution-spain\/\" 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