San Marino votes to legalise abortion in historic referendum
The Hindu
Up to now in San Marino, women who ended their pregnancies risked three years' imprisonment
The tiny republic of San Marino has voted overwhelmingly in favor of legalising abortion in a referendum, overturning a law dating back to 1865, official results showed on Sunday.
Some 77.30% of voters backed the proposal to allow abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and afterward only in the case of the mother's life being in danger or of grave malformation of the foetus.
The vote in the northern Italian enclave of 33,000 people comes as authorities in countries like Poland and the U.S. state of Texas have tightened abortion laws.Earlier this month, Mexico's Supreme Court ruled that penalizing abortion is unconstitutional.
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