Mozambique set to liberalise abortion law
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Mozambique is set to end its blanket ban on abortion after the government acknowledged that current legislation was endangering the lives of women in one of Africa&#39;s most impoverished nations.
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NEW DELHI -- Indian women would be required to register their pregnancies and seek government permission for abortions under a proposal intended to curb abortions of female fetuses in the country, where boys are traditionally preferred.
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Portugal's ruling Socialists will use their majority in parliament to legalize abortion after Sunday's referendum on the issue failed because turnout was too low to make it binding.
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Portuguese voted on Sunday on whether to legalize abortion in a referendum that could bring the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic country closer into line with most other European states.
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ARSAW, Poland, NOV. 11, 2004 .- A representative of the Catholic Church in Poland reported the undue interference of U.N. organizations trying to impose the liberalization of abortion in his country.
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The Senate voted Thursday to lift restrictions on family planning aid to overseas health organizations that perform abortions or promote the procedure as a method of family planning.
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REVELATIONS that an NHS-backed charity helped women to travel to Spain for abortions that would be illegal in Britain are proof that the UK - s abortion law should be relaxed, a leading pro-choice campaigner ...
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This month, Catholic Portugal may decide to break ranks with a small group of countries including Ireland and Poland and legalize abortions, in a referendum which some cast as a deeper test of its readiness for ...Comment
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Poland's strict anti-abortion laws may  lead women from the predominantly Roman Catholic country to  risk their lives as some are forced to seek illegal and unsafe  abortions, a United Nations report says.
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Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said on Sunday he would ask parliament to vote to lift a ban on abortion despite a referendum on the issue looking likely to fail due to low voter turnout.
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New rules limiting the number of mainland women hoping to give birth in Hong Kong will soon take effect.
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LISBON, Jul 20 (IPS) - Pleading "conscientious objection," a  significant proportion of doctors in Portugal are preventing  women from making use of the law authorising abortions up to 10  weeks of gestation, which entered into force on Sunday.
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A referendum to liberalize the abortion law was approved, but turnout was too low for the result to be deemed valid.
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Portugal's parliament approved, as  expected, a law to lift the ban on abortion by a majority vote  late on Thursday.
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Portugal's prime minister says the country's parliament will legalise abortion despite a low referendum turnout.
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The new government in Sierra Leone has vowed to outlaw female circumcision, a common practice in the West African country, the social welfare minister said Monday.
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Venezuela's assembly is to finalise a law granting President Chavez sweeping powers to rule by decree.