https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed When a United Nations committee ruled Spaniard Nahia Alkorta had suffered obstetric violence during the birth of her first child, it was the culmination of a ten-year quest for justice. https://www.thelocal.es/20220804/campaigners-in-spain-bring-obstetric-violence-out-of-shadows Thu, 04 Aug 2022 11:11:02 +0200 campaigners-in-spain-bring-obstetric-violence-out-of-shadows Pregnant with twins, Ainhoa Martinez knows she probably should be home being careful rather than putting herself at risk by serving the public every day at her boutique teashop near Madrid. https://www.thelocal.es/20200407/testing-times-pregnancy-in-the-time-of-coronaviru Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:18:31 +0200 testing-times-pregnancy-in-the-time-of-coronaviru After a Barcelona woman declined her doctor's suggestion to induce labour, the hospital came back with police and a court order telling her she had to. https://www.thelocal.es/20160705/court-tells-pregnant-woman-to-induce-labour-against-her-will Tue, 05 Jul 2016 17:29:08 +0200 court-tells-pregnant-woman-to-induce-labour-against-her-will A second pregnant woman was diagnosed with the Zika virus, which many experts believe may be causing head-shrinking in babies, officials confirmed on Monday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160216/two-pregnant-women-now-infected-with-zika-in-spain Tue, 16 Feb 2016 11:05:38 +0100 two-pregnant-women-now-infected-with-zika-in-spain The Spanish region of Murcia has approved a motion that will see teenage girls who fall pregnant be taken out of high school to stop them from being shunned. https://www.thelocal.es/20140505/teenage-pregnancy-spain-murcia-law-school Mon, 05 May 2014 12:58:00 +0200 teenage-pregnancy-spain-murcia-law-school