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Prostitution in Spain is not addressed by any specific law, but a number of activities related to it, such as pimping, are illegal. In 2016, UNAIDS estimated there to be 70,268 prostitutes in the country, [ 1 ] although other estimates put the number higher.
The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered to be legally competent to consent to sexual acts and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity.
The law was founded and has extensive support of feminist organizations and specialised jurists, that believe it to be a necessary step in their goal of "eradicating" gender violence against women in Spain, however official figures from the National Institute of Statistics [6] show that deaths have steadily increased since the start of the ...
[10]: 64 The original 1997 law punished contraventions with a prison sentence of one to ten years [9] and the updated law as of 5 September 2019 sets a prison sentence of at least 3 years. [10] The prison sentence is a maximum of three years if the sterilisation is involuntary, under Art. 156 §2. [9] [10]: 64 Portugal
However, on 17 December 1994, Andorra adopted its own country code +376, with '8' being added to the subscriber's five-digit number, meaning that international dialling was required from Spain, e.g.: [6] 9738 xx xxx (before 17 December 1994) 07376 8xx xxx (after 17 December 1994) Mobile phone numbers began with the prefix '90x' or '9x9', e.g.: [7]
Spain’s left-wing minority government will need the support of other parties to make it law. Public concern has grown after a string of cases of sexual violence and abuse linked to the internet.
On 20 December 2013, the Government of Spain published its final draft law on abortion: Women undergoing abortion were to be considered "victims", and the practice would only be lawful in the case of rape or when there was a serious (but as yet undefined) health risk to the mother or the fetus. The likelihood of a child being born with ...
The status of women in Spain has evolved from the country's earliest history, culture, and social norms. Throughout the late 20th century, Spain has undergone a transition from Francoist Spain (1939-1975), during which women's rights were severely restricted, to a democratic society where gender equality is a fundamental principle.