Portugal will legalise abortion
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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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Catholic Portugal's decision to join  most European countries and allow abortions has shaken the  country's conservative establishment but was hailed by liberals  as a victory for modernity.
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A ban on all abortions even when the woman's life is at risk is made law by Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos.
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China is to outlaw the selective abortion of female fetuses to correct an imbalance in the ratio of boys to girls that has grown since the one-child policy was introduced more than 20 years ago.
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Portugal warned it would use force to keep a Dutch boat with an abortion clinic on board from entering its territorial waters as activists vowed to fight to find a way for the vessel help women terminate unwanted pregancies.
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Northern Ireland&#39;s Department of Health has been ordered to draw up guidelines on when abortion can be carried out. The Court of Appeal in the North made the order.
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Portugal's opposition Socialists have vowed to hold a referendum to ease strict abortion laws if they win snap elections next month.
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A referendum on legalizing abortion in Portugal looked likely to fail on Sunday because of low voter turnout, exit polls said.
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Bishop Antonio Montes Moreira compares abortion to the hanging of Saddam Hussein.Comment
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Portuguese voters were deciding on Sunday whether to legalize abortion in a referendum which could bring the overwhelmingly Catholic country closer into line with most other European states.
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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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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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DEN HELDER, The Netherlands  - A Dutch floating  abortion clinic set sail for Portugal Monday despite an attempt  by the Dutch government to restrict its activities and after  visits to Ireland and Poland stoked controversy.
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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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European Parliament legislators on Thursday turned a fight over abortion rights in Portugal into an emotional and divisive debate on women's rights and the division between church and state.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates has vowed to legalise abortion after voters backed the move in a referendum, even though turnout was not high enough to make it binding.Comment
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LISBON - Portuguese voters were deciding on Sunday whether to legalize abortion in a referendum which could bring the overwhelmingly Catholic country closer into line with most other European ...Comment