Portugal Mulls Liberalizing Abortion Law
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Portugal is deciding in a national referendum Sunday whether to discard its strict abortion law, a battle that pits the Socialists government against conservative parties and the Catholic Church.Comment
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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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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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Portuguese voters were heading to the polls for a second referendum in less than a decade on the mainly Catholic country's abortion law, one of Europe's strictest, with surveys showing support for reform.
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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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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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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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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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The current 24-week limit on abortion is to come under review in parliament on Wednesday when health minister Dawn Primarolo faces questions from a panel of MPs.
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Bishop Antonio Montes Moreira compares abortion to the hanging of Saddam Hussein.Comment
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ARSAW, Poland, NOV. 11, 2004 .- A representative of the Catholic Church in Poland reported the undue interference of U.N. organizations trying to impose the liberalization of abortion in his country.
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Pro-choice Dutch medics set sail for Portugal, where they hope to provide women with advice on 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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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 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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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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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