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\u201cAbortion is sacred\u201d <\/span>greased on topless, tattooed abortion supporters<\/span><\/a> and groups of <\/span>100,000 or more abortion opponents<\/span><\/a> have marked the recent debate in Spain over legalized abortion. This year, there is a new obstacle, as peaceful witnesses in the local 40 Days for Life campaign have been threatened with intimidation, arrest, and imprisonment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2022, Spain <\/span>expanded their penal code<\/span><\/a> to imprison and punish anyone who <\/span>\u201cin order to hinder the exercise of the right to voluntary interruption of pregnancy, harasses a woman through annoying, offensive, intimidating, or coercive acts that undermine her freedom.\u201d\u00a0 Additional prohibitions were added for hindering abortionists in the \u201cexercise of their profession\u201d.\u00a0 The law was designed and has the effect of inhibiting and harrassing pro-life witnesses at abortion clinics.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 40 Days for Life Campaign has had to <\/span>adjust its procedures<\/span><\/a> to protect volunteers. These adjustments include filming the volunteers during each prayer vigil at every 40 Days for Life location. Filming helps to deter individuals who may harass or interfere with the work of saving babies, reduces false accusations, and can also exculpate pro-lifers who are unjustly targeted by local police.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

READ: Spain\u2019s \u2018Yes to Life\u2019 march unites thousands to celebrate and promote the right to life<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The law has also emboldened pro-abortion activists. Near a college campus campaign in Madrid, abortion advocates <\/span>pasted printed signs on the metal poles<\/span><\/a> that stated: \u201cAttention: Dangerous religious fundamentalists on the loose,\u201d \u201cSTOP fanaticism,\u201d \u201c40 Days of hating women\u201d and \u201c40 days against human rights.\u201d But little else is more fanatical or demonstrates more hatred for human rights than persecuting peaceful pro-lifers or facilitating the killing of nascent human life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, the 40 Days for Life campaign in Spain released images <\/span>mocking the attempted intimidation<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 In particular, one post states <\/span>\u201cDay 1 of the campaign: Danger!! Religious fundamentalist on the loose\u2026 armed with a rosary.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

In other <\/span>Instagram posts<\/span><\/a>, inspiration is provided by \u2018If God is with us, who can be against us?\u201d and \u201cCourage\u2026 I have overcome the world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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