Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva talks to the media after casting his vote during Portugal's presidential election in Lisbon, Portugal, January 24, 2016. REUTERS/Hugo Correia
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's parliament on Wednesday overturned the presidential veto on a bill legalising adoption by same-sex couples, which means conservative President Anibal Cavaco Silva will have to sign it into law before his term ends in March.
The motion was passed by 137 votes in the 230-seat parliament, bringing together the ruling Socialists, their far-left allies - the Communists and Left Bloc, and some opposition deputies from the Social Democratic Party. The rightist CDS voted against.
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