PORTUGAL:  Graphic Leaflets Backfire on Anti-Abortionists
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LISBON, Feb 8 (IPS) - Just when those in favour of legalising abortion in  Portugal were faltering in the polls, a hair-raising campaign  against voluntary termination of pregnancy could backfire against  the anti-abortion cause, instead of winning over more supporters.
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S  Africa's health department is criticised for newspaper advertisements defending the minister in a court case.
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GQ magazine declared he would do anything to stop abortion and called him the future of the anti-abortion movement. Planned Parenthood put him on a list of 15 Americans it saw as major threats to abortion rights.
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Text of report by Estonian newspaper Postimees website on 5 September  [Commentary by Rein Veidemann: "Media Circus"]  Elections make for fatty raw material to the free media. The supply of news and opinions is far greater than the demand.
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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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To protest a plot to murder a cartoonist, Danish papers reprint caricatures of Mohammed -- then raise questions about the treatment of the alleged plotters
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Portugal holds a referendum on Sunday to  decide whether to legalise abortion, an emotive issue in the  overwhelmingly Catholic country where there are worries not  enough people will vote to validate a decision.
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European and domestic topics take a back seat in the papers today in favour of the Palestinian presidential election
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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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Critics of the government's plan say it encourages early sexual activity, undermines parents, and is tantamount to abortion.
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You may have seen news stories this week complaining that women seeking abortions in Mississippi are told that abortion increases the risk of breast cancerâeven
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There's a blizzard of criticism in Scandinavian papers and German papers grapple with low birth rates
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Some women's advocacy groups are complaining about a magazine spread in which eight female ministers in the Spanish government -- which has vowed to fight sexual discrimination -- pose like fashion models in ...
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The Pope's controversial speech on Islam, electoral success for  the far right in Germany and Sweden's election upset all make headlines in Europe's newspapers on 18 September.
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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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To protest a plot to murder a cartoonist, Danish papers reprint caricatures of Mohammed  -  then raise questions about the treatment of the alleged plotters
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A nonprofit organization has unveiled a series of electronic greeting cards that concerned friends and relatives can send to a woman after she chooses to have an abortion.