MADRID – The Spanish government on Friday proposed a constitutional reform to protect abortion rights, amid a political row between Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist Party, the conservative Popular Party (PP) and far-right Vox over alleged misinformation promoted by Madrid’s PP-led city council. “In a global context of attacks on sexual and reproductive rights, this step is needed to guarantee women’s freedom and autonomy,” government sources said. The initiative follows a PP–Vox-backed measure passed by Madrid PP-ruled city council obliging health centres to provide information on alleged “post-abortion trauma.”Reform bills require a three-fifths parliamentary majority, making approval uncertain. The PP tightened the law in 2015 by requiring parental consent for minors, a measure repealed in 2023. But the opposition remains split: Vox and PP hardliners calls abortion a “failure” and seeks repeal, while PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo argues it is not a “fundamental right,” though he backs women’s ability to exercise it within Spanish law.