Abortion is synonymous with controversy all across the globe. Well, perhaps everywhere except in post-human France and in the social paradise called Scandinavia, but in Spain the debate has boiled up in recent weeks and brought out more than one episode of extreme behavior, suspicious dealings and even the downright oddball.

Before getting to the good stuff, it is worth setting the scene. The Spanish government has proposed to alter the standing abortion law to allow women to freely choose to abort in the first 14 weeks of a pregnancy, a time period that can be extended up to 22 weeks in the case of fetal deformity or risk to the mother’s health.

Oh Mariano, why won’t your women just leave you alone and let you get on with your job of telling the world how bad Spain’s economy is under a PSOE government while trying not to look too happy about how the nation is going down the gutter.

But no, they just can’t let a chance to question your manhood slip by. First it was Nebrera’s adéu, and now it is Esperanza Aguirre’s turn to step out of line. The president of the Comunidad de Madrid is once again putting Rajoy’s credibility as head of the Partido Popular to the test. The subject of the dispute is none other than the control of Caja Madrid, Spain’s fourth largest financial institution.