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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Spain's constitutional court rejects abortion law challenge

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Spain’s constitutional court on Thursday rejected a challenge lodged more than a decade ago by the conservative Popular Party against a law allowing abortions in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.

The legal challenge had “not obtained the support” of the court, the verdict said. The main opposition PP's legal argument had centered on the constitutionality of the right to life of the fetus.

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