The Best Way To Get The Press Off Your Kids: Abortion Legislation
You're the Prime Minister of Spain. Your rarely seen daughters are tabloid sensations after an embargo on posting photographs of them is broken when pictures of them dressed as badass goths leak everywhere. So: what do you do? Run interference.
Via the AFP, you wanna see kids? They'll show you some kids:
Spain's Socialist government Saturday approved controversial reforms to the country's abortion law which would allow women as young as 16 to undergo the procedure without parental consent. The proposal was passed at a cabinet meeting despite strong opposition from the Roman Catholic Church, the conservative opposition Popular Party and even many supporters of Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Socialist Party. The measure now will to go to parliament for approval, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega told a news conference.
Under the proposed reforms, abortions would be allowed for women of 16 and over on demand up to the 14th week of pregnancy, and up to 22 weeks if there is a risk to the mother's health or if the foetus is deformed. Women can also undergo the procedure after 22 weeks if the foetus has a serious or incurable illness. "We want to offer minors as much protection as possible and the most respect for their basic rights," said de la Vega.
I mean, shit, it's only a phase, and I know, I know: I can only take the Misfits in ten hour doses, too. Reassurance: they'll be hitting you up for the Marc Jacobs bags soon enough. Then again, eh: why not? Two birds, one stone. Now that's policymaking, folks.