Nearly one million in Spain march for life, protest new abortion law
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Madrid, Spain, Mar 10, 2010 / 12:51 am (CNA).- Nearly one million Spaniards marched in cities across the country on March 7 defending the right to life of the unborn and demanding that the government revoke Spain's new law on abortion recently passed by the Senate and signed by King Juan Carlos.

Over 300 pro-life organizations collaborated in the “International March for Life 2010,” which was held last Sunday in numerous cities across Spain.

The largest march took place in Madrid, where 600,000 people, including many families, dressed in red t-shirts and carried signs and banners. The protesters marched from Cibeles Plaza to the Gate of the Sun.

The event in Madrid concluded with the reading of a manifesto by journalist Sonsoles Calavera demanding the government revoke the new law on abortion—now the most liberal in all of Europe.

In other cities such as Burgos, 5,000 people took part in the march, while 7,000 took to the streets of Seville.

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Published by: SDG
Bloomfield, NJ 03/11/2010 01:35 PM EST
"How is it that Spain can rally over a million and over 600,000 alone in Madrid and we can only muster 350,000 by EWTN count and barely mentioned by our media? As an American, I am embarrassed." Well, hey, we do it every year.
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Published by: Paul
USA 03/11/2010 08:08 AM EST
This is great, but it is 'closing the barn door after the horse gets out'. They need to be doing this before it passes into Law in the first place. But even more important, electing better people to political office.
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Published by: louise Helder
Fair Lawn, NJ 03/10/2010 11:41 PM EST
How is it that Spain can rally over a million and over 600,000 alone in Madrid and we can only muster 350,000 by EWTN count and barely mentioned by our media? As an American, I am embarrassed.
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