Three countries and three approaches to abortion
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The Netherlands and Estonia are alike in having among the most liberal abortion policies in Europe.
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NEW YORK  - A federal judge ruled that a ban on a type of late-term abortion violates the US Constitution. The New York judge ruled on a federal ban, signed into law in 2003 by US President George W. Bush (news - web sites).
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Compassion would seem to be an easy sell. Who could be against adoption and AIDS research? Who could object to attacks on the scourge of breast cancer or the evil of Soviet-era communism?
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VATICAN CITY -- A Vatican handbook released yesterday laid out Roman Catholic Church teaching questioning preventive war and denouncing the ''horrendous crime&quot; of abortion. But Vatican officials sidestepped questions on whether the war in Iraq was illegal or whether Catholics can vote for candidates who back laws permitting abortion.
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Doctors performed a record number of abortions in England and Wales in 2003, with almost two percent of women aged 15 to 44 choosing to end a pregnancy, according to health ministry figures published in the British press.
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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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On one hand there is the European Union, demanding Turkey reform its criminal code. On the other, a powerful group of conservative Muslims who insist such changes should include criminalizing adultery.
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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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To abortion opponents, Phill Kline is a standard bearer. For abortion rights activists, he's a dangerous ideologue.
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Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not enough people will vote to validate a decision.
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Thirty states are poised to make abortion illegal within a year if the Supreme Court reversed its 1973 ruling establishing a woman's legal right to an abortion, an advocacy group said Tuesday.
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Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to  decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the  overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not  enough people will vote to validate a decision.
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Nearly 70,000 women, almost half of them in Asia, die from unsafe abortions each year despite government pledges made a decade ago to improve human rights and reproductive health, researchers said Wednesday.
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27/09/2004 - A recent study in Canada has given weight to the assumption that adding folic acid to food can dramatically reduce the incidence of birth defects - suggesting that Europe should follow the example set by North America and start to fortify its
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Number of abortions in England and Wales rose 3.9% to 193,700 in 2006.
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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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By Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune  Sep. 24--Emboldened by the anti-abortion movement's success in restricting access to abortion, an increasingly vocal group of Christian conservatives is arguing that it's time to mount a concerted attack on contraception.