Doctor protests may hinder Portugal&#39;s new abortion law
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A large number of doctors in Portugal were refusing to carry out a law that took effect Sunday permitting abortions up to the 10th week of pregnancy.
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ARI, Italy, JAN. 26, 2005 .- Italian bishops expressed their opposition to a referendum that seeks to alter four aspects of the law on assisted fertilization, assailing the proposal as an attack on ...
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Doctors in The Netherlands are calling for a domestic legal framework that would allow them to end the lives of new-born babies suffering unbearable pain from incurable diseases, a move that reopens the debate ...
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Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates vowed to legalize abortion after voters backed the move in a referendum even though turnout was not high enough to make it binding.
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Abortion opponents on Monday marked the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion with a day of rallies, protests and other activities as the issue takes on new urgency with the likelihood of a high court vacancy during President Bush's term.
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A news report that a cardinal threatened doctors who performed an abortion with excommunication sparked controversy Wednesday and a denial from the prelate.
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It is not yet clear whether voters in Portugal will have their say on the European Constitution.
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A national referendum to scrap Portugal's strict abortion law appeared headed to defeat Sunday by low turnout, though a majority of voters cast ballots in its favor.
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Proposed changes to healthcare regulation in the European Union could threaten  patient care standards, doctors argue.
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A disturbing number of doctors do not feel obligated to tell patients about medical options they oppose morally, such as abortion and teen birth control, and believe they have no duty to refer people elsewhere for such treatments, researchers say.
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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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Portugal has warned that a floating Dutch abortion clinic will not be allowed to enter its waters. The clinic offers the abortion pill in international waters to women in countries where it is illegal or restricted.
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Portugal's prime minister said legislation relaxing the conservative Roman Catholic country's strict law on abortion could be approved by the end of March, a newspaper reported Saturday.Comment
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Portuguese voters backed a proposal to liberalize one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws, but the referendum is not legally binding due to the low turnout, according to exit polls.
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After controversial visits to Ireland and Poland, a Dutch boat made into a floating abortion clinic set sail for Portugal to draw attention to the staunchly Roman Catholic country's highly restrictive abortion laws.
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LISBON, Feb 8 (IPS) - Just when those in favour of legalising abortion in  Portugal were faltering in the polls, a hair-raising campaign  against voluntary termination of pregnancy could backfire against  the anti-abortion cause, instead of winning over more supporters.
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In 2001, the Netherlands became the first (only?) country in the west to permit "mercy killings". The law only allows such killings in very particular circumstances - a doctor can terminate the life of a person who was in great pain and had no hope of recovery. In addition, the law requires the informed consent of the patient.   A hospital in the Netherlands has asked to dispense with that annoying part about consent - and the equally annoying part about pain.