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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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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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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Manifesto-appello con invito a evitare referendum
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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 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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A referendum on loosening restrictive abortion laws has pitted the Socialist government against Roman Catholics.
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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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Portuguese voters will decide on Sunday whether the country's strict laws on abortion should be relaxed.
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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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France&#39;s Socialists, reeling at the  prospect of a crushing defeat in parliamentary elections, on  Monday called on voters to prevent a landslide victory for  President Nicolas Sarkozy in next week&#39;s second round ballot.
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European socialists have vowed to lead an all-out rebellion against the new European Commission of Jose Manuel Barroso unless he drops controversial Italian nominee Rocco Buttiglione.
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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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Voters will have the final say on a tough new law that bans almost all abortions in South Dakota.
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The Scottish Socialist Party is holding a rally where it is expected to issue a public appeal for loyalty.
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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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Voters failed to overturn Portugal's strict abortion law Sunday because of low turnout at the polls, but the prime minister nonetheless vowed to relax the restriction through legislation in the conservative ...Comment