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Gibraltar votes to ease tough abortion laws
Source: BBC
Gibraltar votes to ease tough abortion laws
25 June 2021
Gibraltar voted to relax its tough anti-abortion laws in a referendum on Thursday.
The tiny British territory has some of the harshest abortion laws in Europe - the penalty for breaching the law is life imprisonment.
Voters backed relaxing the rules to allow abortions where a woman's mental or physical health is at risk or when foetuses have fatal physical defects.
Some 62% voted to change the law, with 36% voting against.
Unlike in England, Scotland and Wales - where abortion can legally be performed - abortion in Gibraltar is punishable by life imprisonment, though no-one has ever been convicted in modern times.
Until now, women wanting to have an abortion have had to travel to Spain or Britain.
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25 June 2021
Gibraltar voted to relax its tough anti-abortion laws in a referendum on Thursday.
The tiny British territory has some of the harshest abortion laws in Europe - the penalty for breaching the law is life imprisonment.
Voters backed relaxing the rules to allow abortions where a woman's mental or physical health is at risk or when foetuses have fatal physical defects.
Some 62% voted to change the law, with 36% voting against.
Unlike in England, Scotland and Wales - where abortion can legally be performed - abortion in Gibraltar is punishable by life imprisonment, though no-one has ever been convicted in modern times.
Until now, women wanting to have an abortion have had to travel to Spain or Britain.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57606228
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