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What "Catholic Spain" Really Looks Like

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

June 24, 2009 - 8:40am

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Jason Webb creates false divisions by placing the Church at the center of political discourse in Spain—by depicting it as a great force that you’re either for or against.


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Spain's Socialist Government Approves EC Without Prescription

By Angela Castellanos, RH Reality Check, Latin America

June 24, 2009 - 8:00am

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Regardless of age or province of residence, all Spanish women will have access to emergency contraception pill without a prescription. It will be in pharmacies by August.

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Roundup: Abortion Provider's Widow Speaks Out

By Amy Dempsey, RH Reality Check

June 19, 2009 - 12:34pm

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Abortion Provider's Widow Speaks Out; Spanish Bishops Get Involved in Abortion Fight; Democrats and Republicans Disagree About Sotomayor

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Catholic Crusaders No More

By Kathleen Reeves, RH Reality Check

March 30, 2009 - 3:47pm

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Today, there is a social liberalism in Spain that counters the influence of the Catholic Church on some issues.


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Roundup (Afternoon Version): Marriage Is Not A Condom, Free Abortions In Spain?

By Amie Newman, Managing Editor

March 20, 2009 - 1:30pm

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Nancy Goldstein agrees with the Pope (sort of)! Spain's abortion laws may increase craigslist.org searches for rental property in the country, opposing embryonic stem cell research = opposing fertility clinics?

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Abortion More Serious Crime than Rape, Says Vatican

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

March 11, 2009 - 3:16pm

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva has chastised the Catholic Church for excommunicating the doctors and family of the nine-year-old girl who had an abortion.


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Roundup: Spanish Panel Recommends Liberalization of Abortion Law

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

March 6, 2009 - 11:30am

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Spanish panel recommends liberalization of abortion law; "fetal pain" bill moves forward in Utah; Houston Chronicle calls for comprehensive sex ed; what the Vitter amendment would do; "confusing patchwork of regulation" in wake of octuplet birth; budget "undermines parental control"?

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The New, Progressive Spain

By Elisabeth Garber-Paul, RH Reality Check

March 5, 2009 - 4:55pm

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Legalized abortion in Catholic Spain?  Maybe the times really are changing.


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Roundup: Spain to Liberalize Abortion Laws

By Emily Douglas, RH Reality Check

February 23, 2009 - 12:32pm

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Spain to liberalize abortion laws; anti-choicers target state funding for Planned Parenthood; Brazil shuts down websites selling misoprostol; medical records follow Phill Kline to Virginia; Sarah Palin silent as National Abstinence Education Association criticizes Bristol; men's reactions to abortion.

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