A judge in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria has issued a pioneering judgment in Spain that recognizes the "fundamental right" of a pregnant woman to choose between natural childbirth or cesarean section. The judge condemns the Canarian health to compensate a mother with one million euros for prolonging a twin birth for 17 hours, considering it an act of "obstetric violence" The judge defends the right of the pregnant woman "to be informed of the existing alternatives, with their pros and cons, to give birth"