MADRID — Spain’s ruling conservatives are attacking the liberal legacy of the defeated Socialists by rolling back abortion and education reforms and awaiting the outcome of a challenge against gay marriage.
The Socialists legalized gay marriage in 2005 and abortion in 2010 and set a liberal syllabus for the civic education classes taught in schools.
Now, alongside its headline-grabbing economic reforms, the conservative Popular Party is taking aim at its defeated rivals’ reforms on these divisive social issues, drawing protests from gays, women’s groups and the left. ...
Separately, Health Minister Ana Mato has ordered a medical review of the morning-after pill, authorized for sale without prescription in 2009.
Education Minister Jose Ignacio Wert meanwhile has said he will scrap the Socialists’ “Education for Citizenship” syllabus, from 2006, which covers sex education, family and diversity, drawing fire from his rivals.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Getting Started in Spain
From The Daily Tribune
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