"Thousands of people demonstrate in Madrid against the law of abortion"

The debate has started in Spain. The government of José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero changed the abortion law to increase the decision power for woman who to want to abort. The conservative are against this new bill, and they are doing some actions to call the attention of the government to retract about the new abortion law.

Tens of thousands of anti-abortion campaigners protested against the new abortion law last Saturday in a march on Madrid. It was supported by Spanish anti-abortion groups and by the top leaders of the opposition party (Popular Party), like the euro deputy Jaime Mayor Oreja or the ex president of Spain, José Maria Aznar. The march was organized under the slogan “Every Life Counts” (“Cada vida importa”). It was one of the largest demonstrations since José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is the President of Spain.

The march was organized by the Family Forum, a Roman Catholic coalition, and they invited all 48 million Spaniards.

Many banners were displayed to the Government, with pictures of the President Zapatero or the Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, in which you could read: “Resignation Zapatero”

The new law will permit woman to abort until the week fourteen and you only have to be sixteen to decide if you want to interrupt the pregnancy. This is the controversy, a minor, under-18s, will be able to decide by herself if she want to abort, and without parental consent.

The Popular Party has already announced that they will propose an amendment to the bill and they will go to the Constitutional Court when the bill would be approved. The Socialist Party (PSOE) already has support to reach the absolute majority is needed to take forward the bill. It has the ERC, BNG, IU, ICV and Nafarroa Bai, the Nationalist Parties. Some of them want to extend the period to interrupt the pregnancy, and other want to change the bill to permit the parents will be informed if their minors are who want to abort.

Every life counts, but every woman also counts. About hundred twenty-two thousand of women abort every year in Spain and about five thousand women abort illegally. Then, this bill will legalize a lot of practise that can damage the health of women.

The free abort stimulates the practice of abortion by specialized medical and paramedical staff, reducing further the need to resort to illegal abortion performed by unqualified personnel. Over more, the new law will protect the minors avoiding the birth of unwanted children. This creates conflict in the mother, the couple, the household and society. These conflicts become objectified in the economy, overpopulation, and the intimate and emotional aspect of single mothers and couples.

In conclusion, the new abortion law in Spain will respect women to be more freedom in their decisions and will increase the possibilities to exercise their ability to close decision, in my opinion; what is more, the law will protect more the health of women against the illegally practices.

Find the whole articles on the following websites:

http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/Miles/personas/manifiestan/Madrid/Ley/aborto/elpepusoc/20091017elpepusoc_6/Tes
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/world/europe/18spain.html?_r=1&ref=europe

Sant Antoni de Portmany, Eivissa

The village of Sant Antoni de Portmany is located in Eivissa (Ibiza, Balearic Islands). I would like to invite you to Sant Antoni because is one of the best places in Europe for holidays. There you can go to different beaches, restaurants and pubs or discos, and enjoy the warm and sunny weather.

If you want to have a good night, I will tell you what you can do and I hope that you will accept it.

Firstly, around 8 p.m., we will go next to the Mediterranean sea to relax seeing the sunset and drinking some strawberry daiquiris, the best cocktail to start the night. After the sunset, we will walk by the seafront and we will go to the restaurant to take a dinner. We can choose between a lot of kind of restaurants, such as, Italian, English, Mexican, Indian, Turkish, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish, of course.

If we decide to go a Mexican restaurant, we will go to Rita’s Cantina. With nine Euros you can eat for first course: “quesadilla, nachos”, etc., and also you can eat the dish of the day: special meat from Mexico with rice or pasta and a spicy sauce. Delicious! But if you want to enjoy the food of the country, you have to eat “tapas” in a Spanish restaurant. The best restaurant is “El rincón de pepe” (Pepe’s corner). We will be able to start with some “chistorra”, spanish omelette, “chipirones”, cuttlefish and cured ham. After, we will be able to eat Paella, the typical dish of Spain. With 14 Euros you will be able to get your dinner.

Now, we have to start the party night. We should go to the West End. It is the place where are a lot of pubs. You will be able to choose between Ireland pubs, Hippies pubs, Spanish pubs, Heavy metal pub or Rock Pubs. It depends on the music that you prefer; moreover, if you like to sing we can go to Karaoke.

To complete the night, we will go to the best discos. If you like to get wet in the disco, we can go to “Es paradis terrenal” (Heaven on earth). This disco is very beautiful. You can feel like inside a paradise, predominating the white colours of the island, and the green of the all plants that are inside the disco. You will hear house and dance music while the water starts to fall over you. Finally, we will hear old music to finish one of the best night in your life.

Are you convinced?