Portugal Voters Deciding on 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 Socialist government against conservative parties and the Catholic Church.Comment
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Portugal's parliament approved, as  expected, a law to lift the ban on abortion by a majority vote  late on Thursday.
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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.
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South Africa's parliament on Thursday approved legal changes to make abortions easier to obtain, despite criticism from opponents who said the law was already too lax.
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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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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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Abortion opponents on Monday marked the 32nd anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion with a day of rallies, protests and other activities as the issue takes on new urgency with the likelihood of a high court vacancy during President Bush's term.
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REVELATIONS that an NHS-backed charity helped women to travel to Spain for abortions that would be illegal in Britain are proof that the UK - s abortion law should be relaxed, a leading pro-choice campaigner ...
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A referendum on loosening restrictive abortion laws has pitted the Socialist government against Roman Catholics.
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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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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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In Portugal the campaign for Sunday's referendum on abortion reform has ended.
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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 Dutch floating abortion clinic set sail for Portugal Monday despite an attempt by the Dutch government to restrict its activities and after visits to Ireland and Poland stoked controversy.
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A national referendum to scrap Portugal's strict abortion law appeared headed to defeat Sunday by low turnout, though a majority of voters cast ballots in its favor.
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Abortion, not usually a major election topic in Italy, is playing an important role in early campaigning for April's parliamentary elections.
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ARI, Italy, JAN. 26, 2005 .- Italian bishops expressed their opposition to a referendum that seeks to alter four aspects of the law on assisted fertilization, assailing the proposal as an attack on ...