Portugal votes on legalizing abortion
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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.
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The London conference on reproductive health concluded Thursday with a resolution backing the right to abortion. The agreement on the right to abortion marked a significant step forward from the International
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Portugal goes to the polls on Sunday to vote on whether to allow a woman to have an abortion within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
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In Portugal the campaign for Sunday's referendum on abortion reform has ended.
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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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Portuguese voters backed a proposal to liberalize one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws, but the referendum is not legally binding due to the low turnout, according to exit polls.
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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.Comment
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A Portuguese court has backed the government's decision to ban the Dutch abortion boat sponsored by the group Women on Waves from entry the country's sovereign waters.
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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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Â· Portugal sees EU-African Union meeting as priority Â· Britain and most members fiercely opposed to move
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A VALLETTA, Malta, DEC. 2, 2004 .- This island nation's Catholic bishops are protesting against the pressures exerted by a U.N. Commission on Malta to legalize abortion in certain circumstances.
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A large number of doctors in Portugal were refusing to carry out a law that took effect Sunday permitting abortions up to the 10th week of pregnancy.
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Bishop Antonio Montes Moreira compares abortion to the hanging of Saddam Hussein. Meanwhile, parish priest Tarsicio Alves warns worshippers they'll be automatically excommunicated if they vote "yes" in a referendum Sunday.
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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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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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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