Spain's Congress of Deputies on Thursday approved a bill that would legalize abortion up to 14 weeks' gestation, assert a woman's right to undergo the procedure and remove an existing threat of imprisonment for women who have an abortion outside of specific circumstances, the AP/Google News reports. The 350-member Congress of Deputies voted 184-158 in favor of the bill, with one abstention. According to the AP/Google News, the legislation now progresses to the Senate, which is expected to pass the bill in early 2010...
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