Mon Feb 20, 2023 – 11:09 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — Controversy has erupted in Spain after the Congress of Deputies approved the Animal Welfare Law which, according to critics, decriminalized bestiality as long as the animal in question does not suffer “an injury that requires veterinary treatment.” The law was supported by Ione Belarra Urteaga, the Minister of Social Rights and 2030 Agenda, and opposed by the conservative opposition Vox Party.
Poland’s justice minister Zbigniew Ziobro stated that this legislation is yet another example of “the virus of leftism”—Spain’s government is left-wing—and tweeted that: “Leftism is the plague of the 21st century. The Spanish allowed children to change sex on demand. Now they are legalising bestiality.”
According to the media outlet Mundotoro: “Bestiality will no longer be considered a criminal offense if there are no injuries to the animal. This is established by the new Penal Code through the new Animal Welfare Law promoted by Minister Ione Belarra that was approved in Congress on February 9.”
The Spanish Penal Code article 337.1 previously stated that: “He will be punished with
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