NewsWhore
09-18-2009, 02:20 PM
Following heated discussions, the Constitutional Revisory Assembly kept the reading of Article 30 that establishes that "the right to life is inviolable from conception until death. The death penalty cannot be established, pronounced or applied in any case."
To ratify Article 30, 128 assembly members voted in favor and 34 voted against. Only 108 votes were needed to approve the new article.
The article was strongly opposed by women's rights campaigners and the medical and legal profession on the grounds that it would outlaw abortion even in exceptional circumstances such as rape, incest or when the mother's life is at risk.
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To ratify Article 30, 128 assembly members voted in favor and 34 voted against. Only 108 votes were needed to approve the new article.
The article was strongly opposed by women's rights campaigners and the medical and legal profession on the grounds that it would outlaw abortion even in exceptional circumstances such as rape, incest or when the mother's life is at risk.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)