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A region in Spain that had put informed consent policies in place before women could undergo abortions will no longer be able to do so.<\/p>\n

The Castilla y Leon region, just north of Madrid, recently announced<\/a> that pregnant women undergoing an abortion must be given the option of listening to their preborn child’s heartbeat, or viewing an ultrasound. Yet the Minister of the Presidency and Court Relations, F\u00e9lix Bola\u00f1os, quickly responded<\/a> that the policies will not be allowed to take place, saying the region must \u201cimmediately cease any setback of women\u2019s rights\u201d and claimed the policies were a \u201cviolation of the rights and freedoms of women.”<\/p>\n

Alfonso Fern\u00e1ndez Ma\u00f1ueco, the president of the region, then said<\/a> it would not be mandatory. \u201cDoctors won\u2019t be forced to do anything, pregnant women won\u2019t be forced to do anything,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is clear to me how altering the order of factors might turn into direct and indirect coercion.”<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Pedro S\u00e1nchez reaffirmed Spain’s commitment to abortion in a statement, saying, \u201cThe Spanish government will use every resource in the law to defend the freedom of women and their right to stop their pregnancies under the terms applied in existing legislation.” Currently, abortion is legal through 14 weeks of pregnancy in Spain.<\/p>\n

\"Walgreens<\/a><\/p>\n

Despite the hysteria from abortion advocates, these policies would merely given women the opportunity to make a fully informed choice before undergoing an abortion (informed consent). Hearing the heartbeat can help women understand the humanity of their preborn child, which is especially important considering the amount of misinformation<\/a> surrounding the issue, with abortion advocates falsely claiming preborn children do not have heartbeats.<\/p>\n

Pregnancy resource center staffers have also spoken about the difference ultrasounds can make, attesting that as many as 90% of women<\/a> refuse to go through with an abortion after seeing their baby. This is likely why abortion activists fight informed consent; the real issue is that these measures giving women all relevant information beforehand could convince women to choose life instead.<\/p>\n

Did you know that as little as $10 a month is enough to reach more than 3,000 moms and dads with the truth about abortion this year? Click here to start saving lives 365 days a year.<\/i><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A region in Spain that had put informed consent policies in place before women could undergo abortions will no longer be able to do so. 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