According to various accounts, some 600,000 people gathered in the streets of Madrid to demand the abolishment of a law further liberalizing the practice of elective abortion in Spain. The measure was passed by the Spanish Congress and was this week confirmed by the signature of King Juan Carlos. The kingwas asked by prolifers in Spain to resist signing the bill. His response was that under the terms of Spanish democracy, by signing the bill he does not necessarily approve it but merely acknowledges its receipt.
In addition to those gathered in the Spanish capital, 7,000 gathered in Barcelona and thousands more in various cities throughout Spain according to official figures. Wearing red hats and shirts, protesters heard a manifesto against abortion read by activist Sonsoles Alonso – a mother, medical doctor and member of a national group of prolife gynecologists.
Dr. Alonso spoke of the confidence she has that human life begins at conception and merits protection by the state and her medical colleagues. “As a gynecologist, I wish to send calmly issue a message. The majority of us gynecologists defend the right to life. We do not wish to end the lives of the smallest of our patients. We do not wish to destroy the lives of women by tearing out their children from within them. Women need us….The diagnosis of sickness in a child should be accompanied by our best therapy. Since when does a physician kill his sick patients?”
Starting a noon on March 7, the 2010 International March for Life gathered together some 270 distinct lay and political organizations from throughout Spain and other countries. During the march, protesters bore aloft a huge banner bearing the words “ España Vida Sí. En democracia se escucha al pueblo' (Yes to Life in Spain. In a democracy , the people are heeded).
Other speakers included Ignazio Arsuaga, who leads HazTeOir.org – a prolife organization – as well as two medical doctors. Arsuaga read a proclamation from the World Congress of Families, which brings together prolife and profamily organizations of 65 countries.
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