Protests grow against Spain's draft abortion law

摘要

At an agitated lunch in Asturias, a mountainous region of northern Spain, Begofia Pinero and her friends came up with the idea of the Freedom Train, a train journey from Gijon to Madrid to protest against the approval of a new restrictive abortion draft bill by the Council of Ministers on Dec 20, 2013. None of them expected the dimension their project would take. A surge of public support saw demonstrations taking place on Feb 1, 2014, not only all over Spain, but also in Paris, London, Italy, and even Latin America. Pinero, spokesperson for the Freedom Train, describes the emotional journey: "Crowds of people were supporting us at every stop, opening the path for us. When we arrived in Madrid, and we saw so many people, we thought 'this is the tangible proof that we've had enough', women should have the right to choose."