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Mozambique Expected To Pass Bill Legalizing Abortion In March
"Mozambique's legislature is expected to pass a bill to legalize abortions in March in an effort to reduce the country's high rate of unsafe ... abortions," the Christian Science Monitor reports, noting under current law, abortion remains illegal in the country under any circumstances. The bill "would revise the country's ... abortion law and legalize voluntary abortions in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy," making Mozambique "the ninth African country to liberalize its abortion policy in the last decade," according to the newspaper.
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