Stop Abolición launches campaign against Sánchez over Spain's prostitution policy

Stop Abolición launches campaign against Sánchez over Spain's prostitution policy

A video of just over a minute. Four sens workers looking into the camera and a message aimed at the Spanish Prime Minister: "You, who have had sens work close to you in your family, cannot possibly be unaware that it is a diverse activity." It is the latest move by the Stop Abolición platform, which defends the rights and regulation of sens work in Spain and has decided to enter the election campaign ahead of the general election on 29 November 2026. The group is locked in an ongoing battle against the PSOE's legislative line and the abolitionist agenda of Pedro Sánchez's government.

This is not its first action. Earlier, it had devised the so-called "PSOE route", a satirical campaign pointing to clubs and venues historically linked to the family circle of Moncloa, the Prime Minister's office. The stated aim: to denounce what they see as a contradiction between the party's official discourse and the reality they claim to know first-hand.

What the platform demands and how the government responds

The organisation is not calling for the activity to disappear, but for its legal recognition. Its central demand is the right to unionise and regularise their employment status, arguing that legal marginalisation is what leaves sens workers exposed to exploitation networks. It is the thesis they repeat at every appearance: without labour rights, there can be no protection.

The government, for its part, maintains the abolitionist agenda that has shaped its legislative action in this area. The clash is fundamental: two incompatible ways of understanding the same reality. Where some see a trade that needs a legal framework, the government sees a practice to be eradicated. The 29 November election campaign turns that disagreement into political ammunition.

The accusation hanging over the campaign

The video's message does not stop at legislative criticism. It directly targets the Prime Minister's personal knowledge of the sector, an insinuation the platform makes without providing evidence and which is part of its attrition strategy. It is worth stressing: this is a political accusation made by a group on the campaign trail, not an established fact.

The video, barely a minute long, is being released alongside the coverage published by the current affairs outlet THE OBJETIVE on 23 October 2026. The platform has turned provocation into method and the electoral calendar into its best megaphone.

The historical precedent that rekindles the debate

The debate over regulating or banning is not new. Some recall that the dictatorship banned prostitution in the 1960s with very limited effect, and that it was the PSOE that decriminalised it in the 1980s. Now the same party is pushing in the opposite direction. That U-turn is what the platform exploits with the greatest rhetorical effect.

The result is a debate mixing labour law, public sarracena and electoral calculation. And it reaches the election with neither side having moved an inch from its starting position.