In Spain, Abortions Are Legal, but Many Doctors Refuse to Perform Them for the NYT

Abel Renuncio explains to a woman about contraceptive methods in his office in Burgos, Spain, on August 16, 2021. Abel trained doctors on how to do abortions.

The gynecologist Dr. Mercedes Sobreviela poses for a portrait in Jose Antonio Labordeta Park in Zaragoza on August 16, 2021.

Gynecologist Maria Jesus Barco poses for a portrait in the hospital's delivery room in Zaragoza on August 16, 2021. She has just come out of an operation.

Pharmacologist Eva Martin, head of the conscientious objectors association ANDOC, poses for a portrait at her home in Madrid on August 18, 2021.

Women belonging to Jaén's feminist movement, including Juana Peragón, pose for a portrait in downtown Jaén, on a staircase painted against violence against women by neighbors on August 17, 2021. In Jaén it is impossible to find a hospital or private clinic that provides abortions. Women must go to Navarra if they want to have one.

Juana Peragon, a member of the feminist movement in Jaen, poses for a portrait in the center of Jaen, on a staircase painted against violence against women by neighbors on August 17, 2021. In Jaén it is impossible to find a hospital or private clinic that provides abortions, women must go to Navarra if they want to have one.

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