Abortion approval
NZPA-Reuter Lisbon The Portuguese President, General Antonio Ramalho Eanes, says that he will approve a law liberalising abortion in his largely Catholic country. General Eanes made his announcement on television, ending months of controversy and speculation about whether he would sign it into law or exercise his right of veto. The deadline for the decision was yesterday. . Parliament passed the bill in January and it was declared Constitutional by an independent tribunal shortly afterwards. But General Eanes hesitated over promulgating it, saying that many sections of the country opposed liberalisation. Last week he asked Portugal’s political parties to decide whether to hold the country’s first referendum to decide the issue. The majority rejected such a move.
The abortion law, introduced by the governing Socialist Party, does not legalise the operation but offers no punishment in specific instances such as rape, foetal deformity, or danger to the mother’s health.
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