The government of Pedro Sánchez shocked many this week by launching an official website dedicated to “helping” women undergo abortions. The initiative came hand in hand with a much broader political announcement: the intention to enshrine abortion in the Spanish Constitution, following the path recently taken by France. With this move, Sánchez aims to make Spain the second country in the world to constitutionally recognize abortion as a right—something that experts warn is not only legally questionable but also a profound moral affront to the right to life.
The government claims it will attempt to amend the Constitution through the ordinary procedure, which requires a three-fifths majority in Congress. Yet the PSOE does not hold enough votes and would need the support of the People’s Party (PP). In practice, this is more of a symbolic gesture aimed at reinforcing the narrative that abortion is a “fundamental right” in Spain, shoring up Sánchez’s most radical pro-abortion and feminist base.
Equality Minister Ana Redondo defended the proposal by saying that “in the context of a global offensive against sexual and reproductive rights, Spain takes a further step to consecrate the freedom and autonomy of women to decide about their lives.” Behind this rhetoric, however, lies an attempt to further consolidate the abortion industry at a time when many in society are increasingly questioning its human, medical, and social consequences.
Beyond the constitutional reform, the government is preparing immediate changes to Royal Decree 825/2010. The aim is to restrict doctors’ right to conscientious objection in “critical situations” and to oblige all information given to women seeking abortions to adhere strictly to the standards of the WHO or the American Psychiatric Association. This would prohibit any reference to issues such as “post-abortion syndrome” or the physical and psychological harm caused by abortion, despite studies and medical testimonies confirming their reality.
“Beyond the fact that abortion is unconstitutional, what the government intends to do is a moral obscenity. To claim with public funding that abortion is an innocuous procedure, as simple as filing a tax return, is to lie to all women,” Pablo Mariñoso, coordinator of the platform Quiero Ser Madre, told europeanconservative.com. “The great failure of our society is that the crime against the most defenseless has been elevated to the category of a right.”
Brussels pushes abortion as a European right
The offensive is not limited to Spain. The pro-abortion movement My Voice, My Choice has delivered more than one million signatures in Brussels demanding that the European Commission make abortion a right financed by public funds across all member states. This obliges the Commission to debate the initiative in a political climate where the EU institutions have already signaled their favorable disposition.
The platform presents itself as “a movement of companions, activists and people from all walks of life, diverse in our different intersectionalities, united by the desire to make Europe a better place.” Yet a closer look reveals the involvement of Avaaz, a global activist platform tied to George Soros’ Open Society Foundation. This is no coincidence: it is another example of transnational political interference by billionaire-backed foundations seeking to impose a progressive cultural agenda on European nations.
That the PSOE has launched its campaign precisely now is not accidental either. Everything suggests coordination between Madrid and Brussels to present abortion as an untouchable “right” that must be constitutionally protected against social opposition. Should Spain join the small club that currently includes only France, Brussels would gain stronger backing to move in the same direction.
While abortion is enshrined in constitutions and funded with public money, support for motherhood and families remains largely absent, and the proposed ‘solution’ to the demographic crisis is to import millions of immigrants.
