Should the Portuguese adjudicate abortion?

The chronicler Ana Sa Loppes regrets that the question of legalising abortion is to be the object of a new referendum in Portugal on February 11th. "The strength of the 'no' campaign [opposed to abortion] lies in its emotional ferocity, founded on questions of faith. They are of course respectable, but inexplicable in the light of the penal law that strives to govern the problems of mankind and those of any God. By surrendering the revision of penal law to popular vote, the legislator has decided to submit it to faith and emotions. It is now easy to see the reasons for the victory of the 'no' vote eight years ago in a referendum where over half of the electorate saw no reason to participate in the vote."

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