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Abortion

Andorran prince-bishop faces law to decriminalize abortion

Local media report that Vatican diplomats worked to broker a legislative compromise

Edgar Beltrán
Sep 23, 2025
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Andorra’s episcopal co-prince, Bishop Josep-Lluis Serrano Pentinat, is facing mounting scrutiny over whether he’ll sign a Vatican-brokered abortion law in the country.

Bishop Josep-Lluis Serrano Pentinat. Credit: Vatican media.

Serrano serves as joint head of state of the country ex officio as bishop of the Spanish diocese of Urgell.

The bill, expected to …

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