Portugal votes in abortion referendum
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Portugal is heading to the polls for a second referendum in less than a decade on its abortion law, one of Europe's strictest, with surveys indicating voters will back legalisation.
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BUDAPEST, May 17 (IPS) - With the strictest abortion laws in Europe, one  would expect any debates to revolve around  its liberalisation.  Yet in 21st century Poland, the abortion issue has been  unsuccessfully  raised by politicians seeking to strengthen  anti-abortion legislation even further.
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Official campaigning begins in Portugal ahead of a referendum on easing its strict abortion law.
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Polls open this morning in the Netherlands as the Dutch vote for a new parliament.Comment
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A study carried out by Maltese anti-abortion organisation Gift of Life, showed that 86 per cent of the population is against abortion while 92.9 per cent believe that the unborn child has human rights and ...
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Deputies in the region of Donetsk vote to hold a referendum on whether to form a republic.
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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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Portugal's Catholic church blamed  "cultural mutation" on Friday for the large number of people  who voted to legalize abortion in a referendum and urged  doctors to refuse to carry out the operation if asked.
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More than 1,000 women in Portugal had to be hospitalised last year due to complications following backstreet abortions in a country whose laws forbid legal abortion, health statistics showed.
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Portugal introduced a new law Thursday that allows abortion up to the 10th week of pregnancy, but imposes a three-day reflection period for women seeking the procedure and grants doctors the right to opt out on moral grounds.
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LISBON, Feb 12 (IPS) - It took more than three decades of struggle by  activists for Portugal to give the green light, via referendum,  to parliament to make the country's strict anti-abortion law  more flexible.
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In Portugal the campaign for Sunday's referendum on abortion reform has ended.
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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.
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Portugal is deciding in a national referendum Sunday whether to discard its strict abortion law, a battle that pits the Socialist government against conservative parties and the Catholic Church.
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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 government's proposal to scrap restrictions failed to win complete endorsement ...Comment
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Portugal's parliament approves abortion on demand after a referendum last month failed to settle the issue.
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Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates has vowed to legalise abortion after voters backed the move in a referendum, even though turnout was not high enough to make it binding.Comment