Promoting abortion?

A year ago a new abortion law entered force in Portugal which legalises abortion up to the twelfth week of pregnancy. Assessing the past year the Diário de Notícias writes: "The government, which is closing down outpatient clinics and failing to address the problem of long waiting lists for operations, is fully dedicated to promoting abortion. ... Not only does the state use public funding to finance the killing of embryos, it also provides maternity benefit to women who decide not to become mothers. The ministers are less generous with their measures to promote work, culture and investment. Hence there can be no doubt that we are not talking about the decriminalisation, liberalisation or even nationalisation of abortion here; we are talking about its promotion."

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