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Abortion
Oct 22 2009, Portland

Hundreds of people have demonstrated in Peru’s capital, Lima, as a legislative panel approved a bill proposing legalising abortion in some cases.

The bill, which proposes allowing abortion in cases of rape, incest or foetal deformity, will now be...

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Abortion rights supporters and anti-abortion supporters march in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, during the annual March for Life.