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Irish lawmakers back 'life saving' abortion

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Irish lawmakers overwhelmingly voted July 12 to back the first bill on abortion in the mostly Catholic country, legalizing it in cases where doctors deem the woman's life at risk from the pregnancy.

Legislators applauded the 127-31 vote on the bill, while outside the parliament gates abortion rights activists cheered as they watched the result.

The bill was a response to last year's case of a miscarrying woman who died in an Irish hospital from blood poisoning nearly a week after being refused a termination. (AP)

アイルランドで中絶を限定的に合法化

国民の大半がカトリック教徒であるアイルランドで７月12日、母親の命に危険がある場合に限り、妊娠中絶を認める法案が賛成多数で可決された。

The Japan Times ST: July 26, 2013