Spain’s hospital waiting lists hit historical highs on austerity
Average wait leaps to 100 days from 76 571,395 people are in need of surgery
Contraceptive pills will be cut from health system subsidy list
Ministry says move due to “sustainability and resource optimization”
Lesbians, single women refused public-funded assisted reproduction
Proposals sent to regions are "discriminatory" and "monolithic," says rights activists
Salvadoran doctors perform caesarean on Beatriz to save her life
Abortion row baby girl dies five hours after she was delivered
Abortion: A trip back in time
Planned reforms to the laws covering pregnancies would take Spain back to the 1980s, say critics
Instructions for dying
Fewer than one percent of Spaniards have made a living will Lack of information and a refusal to contemplate death keep numbers low
Report puts Spain high on forced labor list
Brussels has compiled figures for the number of people trafficked in Europe
Regions raise alarm over glitches in medical co-payment system
Many are paying too much or too little for drugs due to classification flaws
Immigrants await government health papers, six months on
Confusion reigns in regions over PP’s plan for non-residents Some have received bills for treatment that should be free
“White tide” of health demonstrations spreads from Madrid to 15 other cities
Thousands of medical professionals and healthcare users take to the streets
Sedative use overtakes cannabis consumption
Spain still leading European user of cocaine, although overall figure is falling
Carrots for 13 euros? Finding new ways to fight the cuts
Professionals and the public alike are using innovative methods to defy savage austerity measures
Legal battle against gender violence still hampered by prejudice, says Amnesty
Spanish system undermining protection of victims, says NGO
Government seeks changes to abortion legislation
Justice Minister invokes 1985 court ruling establishing that both mother and fetus have rights
Socialists call for investigation into rape joke made by Popular Party official
José Manuel Castelao said that laws and women were "there to be violated"
The medics seeking life abroad
Growing numbers of Spanish healthcare professionals are looking for work in other parts of Europe
Treatment of chronically ill migrants remains up in air
Health Ministry suggests emergency services will attend those without papers
Malformation of fetus will no longer be reason for abortion: minister
Gallardón plans to remove pregnancy termination on demand
Doctors unite against “immoral” no-residency patient decree
Physicians’ society encourages conscientious objection to government’s rules restricting care for immigrants
Out of sight, out of mind: women working in shadows
Prostitution remains in a legal vacuum in Spain By cracking down on kerb crawling, politicians are avoiding the real issue
When brotherly love is a crime
Incest is viewed very differently depending on the country in which it occurs A German couple has fallen foul of the law, while in Spain it is tolerated
Life by any other name?
The justice minister wants to be able to keep dangerous offenders in jail for 10 years after their sentence ends. Opponents say the idea proves that prisons don't work
Putting a price on life
Health reforms will leave many patients unable to afford vital treatments "It's a matter of life and death that has a price we can't afford," says one father
Stopping spy tactics or killing the story?
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the use of hidden cameras is an abuse of privacy But have journalists been unnecessarily deprived of a useful tool for investigative reporting?