The Spanish Senate on Wednesday passed a bill that would ease Spain's strict restrictions on legal abortion and instead allow the procedure up to 14 weeks' gestation without restrictions and up to 22 weeks' gestation in limited cases, the AP/Yahoo News reports. The bill also permits 16- and 17-year-olds to obtain the procedure without parental consent but does require parental notification unless it would expose the minors to violence within their family, threats or coercion (Giles, AP/Yahoo News, 2/24)...
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