The Ministry of Health will take Ayuso to court for refusing to create a registry of conscientious objectors to abortion.

BarcelonaThe Minister of Health, Mónica García, has announced that she will take the Community of Madrid to court after it failed to create the registry of conscientious objectors mandated by the abortion law. For the head of the Health Ministry, this constitutes "a rebellion against the law, democracy, and women." In this regard, García questioned "what's wrong" with Isabel Díaz Ayuso, President of the Community of Madrid, "with women." The announcement came after she participated in an event for Más Madrid, alongside the Secretary of State for Health, Javier Padilla, where they confirmed that Madrid is the only autonomous community that has not yet created the registry. "We will go to court, we will initiate the procedures to file an administrative appeal, and Ms. Ayuso will have to answer in court for this obstruction," said the minister, who also took the opportunity to wish the Madrid president a speedy recovery from her health problems. However, García immediately followed up with a strong attack, asserting that Ayuso is behaving "in the purest Trumpian style." In fact, she believes that by avoiding the registration that was due on Friday night, the president of Madrid is declaring herself "in rebellion against women's right to abortion" and is acting in a "reactionary" manner against that right. According to the minister's argument, the Community of Madrid is ignoring the Constitutional Court's ruling and simultaneously acting against the 2023 law. Ayuso believes that this registry, which PP-governed communities like Aragon and the Balearic Islands have ended up creating, only serves to "persecute" the doctors she denied access to. This political stance by the Madrid president has led García to emphasize that Ayuso has "once again placed herself on the wrong side of history."