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 Talk of abortion policy reform and proposed menstrual leave has dominated Spanish discourse this week, but it’s also dividing Spain’s coalition government. https://www.thelocal.es/20220513/spanish-government-divided-over-proposed-menstruation-leave-bill Fri, 13 May 2022 15:26:56 +0200 spanish-government-divided-over-proposed-menstruation-leave-bill Spain has criminalised the harassment or intimidation of women going for an abortion under new legislation approved on Wednesday by the Senate. https://www.thelocal.es/20220407/spain-bans-harassment-of-women-having-abortions Thu, 07 Apr 2022 15:23:13 +0200 spain-bans-harassment-of-women-having-abortions When Spanish doctor Marta Vigara was 17 weeks pregnant, her waters broke and she quickly realised the prognosis for her pregnancy was "very bad". https://www.thelocal.es/20220307/focus-how-women-in-spain-face-barriers-despite-abortion-being-legal Mon, 07 Mar 2022 09:51:12 +0100 focus-how-women-in-spain-face-barriers-despite-abortion-being-legal Despite nationwide campaigns in recent years to highlight violence against women, the latest data from Spain's national office of statistics shows that sexual crimes are increasing. https://www.thelocal.es/20180528/number-of-victims-of-sexual-crimes-in-spain-increased-in-2017 Mon, 28 May 2018 17:48:54 +0200 number-of-victims-of-sexual-crimes-in-spain-increased-in-2017 A publishing firm headed up by a Spanish archbishop has released a translation of an Italian book which tells women to "get married and be submissive". https://www.thelocal.es/20131111/spanish-bishop-backs-submissive-wife-book Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:54:01 +0100 spanish-bishop-backs-submissive-wife-book