<![CDATA[Ara Balears in English - birth]]> 10 <![CDATA[Family unit 'of destination in the universal']]> The Vox parliamentary group presented a non-legislative proposal a few days ago so that "the unborn" counts as a member of the family unit. The proposal was rejected with the votes against from the left-wing parties and the abstention of the PP, even though the Government had initially shown itself "open" to studying the idea. Specifically, the Minister of Families, Social Welfare and Dependency Care, Sandra Fernández, was "willing" to consider this measure, currently driven by the government of the Community of Madrid, for its possible implementation in these fortunate Islands.Someone might ask what this "unborn conceived" is all about. Grammatically it is an absurd construction, but it is more or less what it seems: it refers to the creature that is gestating inside the mother's womb and that, therefore, has not yet been born. The fetus, in a word, but since the right/far-right finds that 'fetus' sounds ugly, they have looked for a name that they must find more elegant and that, as often happens in these cases, is monstrous. The unborn conceived, here you have it. The idea bears the stamp of the Ayuso stable, where our "peperam" always has its eyes fixed. Prohens was a bit of an ayuser in his time in Madrid politics, which as everyone knows is the good one, politics in capital letters. From time to time they import things of his: now a cut in immigrants' rights here, now racist statements there, all in good taste and typical of knowledgeable people. The unborn conceived, why not, is part of the family unit. The family unit is the complicated way of naming the family, which as is also known today can be in many ways, like ice cream, but in its strict sense, for our right-thinking right, it continues to be made up of dad, mom, sons and daughters. And the unborn conceived, as many as there are. It is an excellent idea that hopefully will one day prosper and be applied to the last consequences: by the same logic, deceased godfathers and godmothers should also be considered members of "the family unit". The unborn and the already buried: in this way we will achieve a very complete family unit. The initiative is no joke, but a direct attack on women's rights, and particularly on rights, reproductive ones, that the new right – the new right – has identified as targets to be eliminated. It is about carrying out the great regression, cutting as many rights as possible – for women, immigrants, the LGTBI collective, workers, linguistic and cultural minorities. Abortion, which had apparently become an established right in the legal systems of Western democracies, is once again faltering under the pressure of the global far-right onslaught, which has moved the pieces of what is called the political board many squares to the right. In this way, formations of recognized liberal tradition have shifted in Europe towards hard right positions. Now let's imagine what a formation of recognized Francoist tradition will do, and moreover, governing in minority with the support of an openly fascist party.We must not tire of saying it: what the PP and Vox are doing together is a journey to nowhere in which we are risking much more than we think. Even if they do not move forward (for the moment), when certain proposals are put on the table and poison public discourse, we have all already lost a little. Imagining delirious family units, taking steps backward in women's rights, or prohibiting non-residents from using public transport are first steps not towards the imaginary dictatorships that Ayuso claims Spaniards suffer from, but towards a very real and very dire authoritarianism.

]]> <![CDATA[The forgotten document that situates the birth of Can Picafort 115 years ago]]>

A historical investigation by Pep Servera has made it possible to document a key date in the history of Can Picafort. According to the documentation located by the researcher, on June 2, 1911, the civil governor of the Balearic Islands, Agustín de la Serna, officially authorized the creation of a colony within the possession of Son Bauló, between the "clot de l'Aigua Dolça" and the "clot de l'Alga", also known as "clot d'en Barret".

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The Tramontana Mountain Range has added a new specimen of black vulture (Aegypius monachus) in recent days. The chick was born on April 18th in a nest that is part of the Fundació Vida Silvestre's monitoring system, a fact that allows for live observation of the entire breeding process and detailed knowledge of the evolution of this emblematic species.

]]> <![CDATA[Births in the Balearic Islands fall by 5% until August]]>

Births in the Balearic Islands fell by 4.66% between January and August 2025 compared to the same period last year, to 5,667 births, according to data released Wednesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).

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