Portuguese Socialists Vow Abortion Referendum
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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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LONDON, Dec 3  - The vote by French Socialists to back the EU constitution bodes well for its ratification, even though the outcome of a referendum in 2005 is still uncertain, major British newspapers said Friday.
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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.Comment
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LISBON - 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 ...Comment
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A national referendum to scrap Portugal's strict abortion law appeared headed to defeat Sunday because of low turnout, even though a majority of voters approved it.
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Spain's Socialist government announced details of a bill that that would allow parents of a child with an incurable disease to conceive another baby to help save the sibling's life.
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Bishop Antonio Montes Moreira compares abortion to the hanging of Saddam Hussein.Comment
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All pregnant women should officially register and get permission if they want an abortion, a minister says.
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Portugal's president announces that the country will hold a February referendum on whether to legalise abortion.
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Spain Socialist government on Thursday took the expected step on Thursday of approving a draft law creating same-sex "marriage" and giving homosexuals the right to adopt children.
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Portugal's prime minister said he will enact more liberal abortion laws in the conservative Roman Catholic country even though his proposal to relax restrictions failed to win complete endorsement in a referendum.
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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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Portuguese leader Jose Socrates has pledged to legalise abortion By setting out on the path to legalise abortion, Portugal treads where most western nations did 30 or 40 years ago.Comment
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Socialist members of the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to back the European Union's new constitution on Wednesday despite deep splits on the issue in the French Socialist party.
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Presidential hopeful Segolene Royal launches a manifesto imbued with Socialist values.
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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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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