Roe v Wade 50 years on — why are women's rights heading backwards? MARA RICOY OLARIAGA reflects on an anniversary we can no longer celebrate

By Mara Ricoy Olariaga When I was 19 my flatmates, a couple of Spanish boys, invited me to a party in a sort of youth hostel in London. I will turn 47 this month and I am still in therapy about that party. Because I don’t remember how I went from entering the place to being raped by my flatmates and who knows who, in a dark room full of coats.

A Chronicle of the Spanish National Demonstration for the Abolishment of Prostitution