Abortion Vote in Portugal: Responses

[Article] A national referendum on abortion took place in Portugal, Sunday, February 11. The referendum held by Prime Minister Jose Socrates' socialist government asked: "Do you agree with the decriminalization of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy, in the first 10 weeks, in a legally authorized health establishment?"


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Sixty percent of those who voted chose yes.Daniela Mateus, 22, says that although she would never have an abortion herself, she voted to give women the right to a legal abortion "because many girls die from abortions as they don’t have the money to do it in another country. She says, "I...
This article was published Wednesday, 14 February, 2007 by AFP
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