{"id":3517,"date":"2009-10-17T15:40:21","date_gmt":"2009-10-17T15:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/can-you-imagine-an-anti-abortion-crowd-like-this-in-the-us.html"},"modified":"2009-10-17T15:40:21","modified_gmt":"2009-10-17T15:40:21","slug":"can-you-imagine-an-anti-abortion-crowd-like-this-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/10\/can-you-imagine-an-anti-abortion-crowd-like-this-in-the-us.html","title":{"rendered":"Can you imagine a pro-life crowd like this in the U.S.?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ALeqM5jslI9IINaKp56pBYX6I1Ot4sSOlg.jpg\"<\/a><\/span>I can’t.  <\/p>\n

It’s in Spain.  The AP report<\/a>: <\/p>\n

A huge crowd rallied in Madrid Saturday against a bill to ease restrictions on abortion — a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive two decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally Roman Catholic country.<\/p>\n

The crowd of at least tens of thousands of people waved banners, balloons and red-and-yellow Spanish flags as it marched down a major Madrid boulevard with the slogan “Every Life Matters.”<\/p>\n

Civic groups predicted 1 million or more people would attend, and said they chartered some 600 buses to bring people in from other cities. Spanish police systematically refuse to give turnout estimates for protests.<\/p>\n

The protest was called to denounce a bill sponsored by the Socialist government that would allow unrestricted abortion at up to 14 weeks of pregnancy and let girls aged 16 and 17 have abortions without parental consent. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue reading at the link<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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