An estimated one million people took part in an anti-abortion protest in Madrid on Saturday, backed by Roman Catholic Bishops, BBC News reports.

According to RIA Novosti, protesters were demonstrating against Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s plan to relax the country’s existing abortion laws. BBC News adds that the current law only allows abortion in cases of rape, fetal abnormality, and when the women’s physical or psychological health is at risk.

Twitterers in Spain and around the world are commenting on the rally and the issue of abortion:

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   jstorres2075 (Spain) Going to the prolife rally,lot of people in th bus,firts of it’s kind in Madrid http://myloc.me/14F8E 17 Oct 2009 from UberTwitter
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   tasos (Greece) Abortion should be legal. “Big anti-abortion rally in Spain” http://tr.im/C8RD 17 Oct 2009 from Tweetie
3. 
   anastasis (Undisclosed) is europe becoming conservative? the italian parliament said no to protection of gays and lesbians, & spain, 1 million against abortion 17 Oct 2009 from Echofon
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   spiritheals365 (Undisclosed) Can you imagine an anti-abortion crowd like this in the U.S.? : I can’t.  It’s in Spain.  The AP repor.. http://bit.ly/gWj90 17 Oct 2009 from twitterfeed
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   jsalomonsson (Barcelona, Spain) Spain, wake up, it is 2009. Everyone has a right to choose! Anti-abortion rally in Spain http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8311824.stm 17 Oct 2009 from web
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   steenyweeny (Undisclosed) huge abortion protest in spain: everyone who doesnt have a uterus can immediately piss off and stop telling women what they can and cant do. 17 Oct 2009 from TweetDeck

Some Twitterers posted TwitPics of the event.

“Puerta de Alcala a rebosar de gente que no queremos el aborto como solución al embarazo (Puerta de Alcala to the brim with people who do not want abortion as a solution to pregnancy)” per @Kikemb:

“Madrid capital of Life” per @Kikemb:

“SI a la vida, NO al aborto!” per @maribardaji:

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