San Marino votes to legalise abortion in historic referendum


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  • Monday, 27 Sep 2021

FILE PHOTO: People walk in the historic centre of San Marino, ahead of a referendum on legalising abortion, September 15, 2021. Picture taken on September 15, 2021. REUTERS / Jennifer Lorenzini

ROME (Reuters) -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.

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