Last October, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez announced that he would reform the Constitution to protect the right to abortion. This Tuesday, the Spanish government has taken a significant step in this direction, as it has approved the draft reform of Article 43 of the Magna Carta, after the green light from the Council of State, with the intention of "constitutionalizing the right to interrupt pregnancy" in its service-provision aspect. That is, not in the abstract sphere of the right, but in its practical sense. However, the eventual reform still has a long parliamentary path ahead, even if it reaches its destination: it must gather three-fifths of the Congress and the Senate, a majority that is currently difficult to achieve because the PP's concurrence is necessary. "We will seek the greatest possible consensus," asserted the Spanish government, adding that there is a "large majority" of citizens who support the right to abortion.

In October last year, the Spanish president, Pedro Sánchez, The person in charge of explaining it has been the Minister of Equality, Ana Redondo, who considers that currently the "effective" exercise of the right to abortion is "at risk" in the State. She said this with data in hand: she assured that only 20% of abortions in Spain are performed in public healthcare, while the right is also not guaranteed in the same way throughout the territory. For example, she said that more than 50% of cases in Galicia, Cantabria, or Catalonia are performed in public healthcare, but only 1% of cases in the Community of Madrid and Andalusia are performed in this area. That is, the majority of abortions are performed by private healthcare, and this is what the Spanish government wants to avoid.

Minister of Equality Ana Redondo has been virtually unknown to the public during these first two years of her term. In the July poll conducted by the Center for Sociological Research (CIS), the most recent survey to ask about ministers, 72.8% of respondents said they did not know her, placing her as one of the least-publicized figures in the Cabinet. However, in recent days, the controversy over the anti-abuse bracelets has put her in the spotlight and turned Redondo into a right-wing foe. Within the framework of the PP's offensive against the Minister of Equality, Congress approved this Wednesday to censure her, at the proposal of Alberto Núñez Feijóo's party. However, Spanish President Pedro Sánchez came to Redondo's defense and expressed his "solidarity" with her over the "accusations" she has received from the right. He also argued that the wristband system works "better than before."