Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said he wants to enshrine the right to abortion in the Constitution, following the example of France, which last year became the first country in the world to take the historic step. 

In a post on social media, Sánchez said he is planning to bring a proposal to Parliament to constitutionalize the right to voluntary termination of pregnancy. “With this government, there will be no step backward in social rights,” he said. 

The post follows approval by Madrid’s city council of a measure which will make health centers inform women considering abortion about so-called “post-abortion trauma.” The measure was supported by the center-right Popular Party (PP) and the far-right Vox party. 

“The PP has decided to merge with the far right. That’s their choice,” Sánchez wrote. “They can do that. But not at the expense of women’s freedoms and rights.”

The prime minister said he plans to amend Spain’s abortion laws to prevent “misleading or scientifically inaccurate information about abortion from being provided.”