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A total of 13 organisations have condemned the move in the report 'Deficiencies and Inequality in Sexual Health Services in Spain'. The various bodies, including Doctors of the World, have highlighted the gaps in sexual and reproductive care suffered, in particular, by immigrants. Beatriz Sagrado, from Doctors of the World, said in a press conference that women in difficult circumstances, such as women who had been trafficked, had suffered the most.

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The report indicated that there were limitations now in place over access to contraception due to a reduction in the funding. The report said that a quarter of women aged between 15 and 49 years old did not use any form of contraception in their first sexual relationship." Immigrants particularly suffered in gaining access to abortions. According to the report, abortions were generally performed in private centres with doctors often unwilling to perform the procedure in a Catholic country. "There is a lot of reluctance to train professionals in this field. Many doctors do not want to point them in the direction of an abortion hospital," said Guillermo Gonzalez of the Federation of Family Planning.

Catalonia's Human Castles in pictures Wed, July 5, 2017 The 'Castellers' who build the human towers with precise techniques compete in groups, know as 'colles', at local festivals with aim to build the highest and most complex human tower. The Catalan tradition is believed to have originated from human towers built at the end of the 18th century by dance groups and is part of the Catalan culture. Play slideshow Getty Images 1 of 12 Members of the colla 'Xiquets de Hanghzou' celebrate after building a human tower during the 26th Tarragona Competition on October 1, 2016 in Tarragona, Spain.

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The report also revealed that there was no specific programme of care for pregnant women in immigration detention centres and the report said that there had been cases where these women had been denied treatment. The various groups said that the exclusion of illegal immigrant women to the public health system amounted to "discrimination" and put them in a vulnerable situation.

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