Spain's health ministry has announced it will push to include medication abortion in the primary care service portfolio, according to sanidad.gob.es. The ministry published the position on Monday, 28 September 2026.
Under the plan described in the reporting, family health centres would be able to prescribe the drugs used for terminating a pregnancy. The ministry said it would work to bring the service into the primary care basket.
Spanish outlets covering the announcement framed it as a change that would let patients obtain a medication abortion at their local health centre rather than only through specialised services. El Mundo attributed the drive to Health Minister Mónica García. ABC reported that the ministry intends to change the law so that abortions can be carried out in health centres. EL PAÍS and La Voz de Galicia likewise reported that primary care centres would be able to prescribe the medication.
The reports do not set out a timetable, the legal text to be amended, or the specific drugs involved. No further operational details were included in the material available.
The proposal concerns access to abortion at the primary care level, a setting where the service has not routinely been provided. The ministry's stated aim, as reported, is to add it to the services primary care offers.
What to watch next: whether the ministry publishes draft legislation and a timeline for the change.
