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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Most people think women have a right to choose an abortion, but the number is falling, a survey says.
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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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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 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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Bishop Antonio Montes Moreira compares abortion to the hanging of Saddam Hussein.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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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.Comment
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Prime Minister Pedro Santana Lopes has ruled out halting prosecutions of women who break Portugal's tough abortion laws, which only allow the procedure in cases involving rape or where there are serious health concerns.
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The state Senate voted Thursday to repeal a law requiring parental notification for teenagers to get abortions.
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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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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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Number of abortions in England and Wales rose 3.9% to 193,700 in 2006.
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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
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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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Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates said on Sunday he would ask parliament to vote to lift a ban on abortion despite a referendum on the issue looking likely to fail due to low voter turnout.
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EUROPA/PORTOGALLO - La legge sull'aborto entrerÃ  in vigore il 15 luglio: "Una misura contro la civiltÃ  e contro lÂumanitÃ " Lisbona (Agenzia Fides) -  La legge che permette in Portogallo l'aborto nelle prime dieci settimane di gestazione verrÃ  applicata a partire dal 15 luglio, dopo la pubblicazione, alla fine della settimana scorsa, del decreto che regolamenta la nuova l...