Portugal votes on abortion reform
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Portuguese voters will decide on Sunday whether the country's strict laws on abortion should be relaxed.
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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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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 progress.
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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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Number of abortions in England and Wales rose 3.9% to 193,700 in 2006.
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East Timorese voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election that could put the impoverished young country on a new path after communal violence last year.
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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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The US House of Representatives votes to overturn a ban on aid to overseas groups practicing abortion.
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LONDON, Sep 2 (IPS) - The London conference on reproductive health  concluded Thursday with a resolution backing the right to  abortion.
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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.Comment
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Polls open this morning in the Netherlands as the Dutch vote for a new parliament.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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The House voted narrowly to reverse a ban on contraception aid to groups overseas that offer abortions, a pillar of President Bushâs foreign aid policy.
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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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It is not yet clear whether voters in Portugal will have their say on the European Constitution.
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Voters will have the final say on South Dakota&#039;s tough new law that bans almost all abortions.
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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.