Tens of thousands of people have joined a protest march in the Spanish capital Madrid to oppose government plans to liberalise the country's abortion law.
Organisers said they hoped more than one million people would attend the rally, from all over the country.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero wants to introduce abortion on demand.
At present, a pregnancy can only be terminated in mainly Catholic Spain under specific circumstances.
It is the latest in a series of ethical issues which have pitted the Catholic right against the Socialist government, which has legalised gay marriage and made divorce easier.
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