Portugal fails to overturn abortion law
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070211/ap_on_re_eu/portugal_abortion"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070211/capt.xpd10402111351.portugal_referendum_xpd104.jpg?x=130&y=94&sig=Z4PDvHuP6_hN9INWCE7inQ--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Portuguese nun Maria Jesus Fernandes, 72, casts her ballot in the national referendum on whether to legalize abortion Sunday, Feb. 11 2007, in Porto, northern Portugal. Portugal has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in Europe. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)" border="0" /></a>AP - Voters failed to overturn Portugal's strict abortion law Sunday because of low turnout at the polls, but the prime minister nonetheless vowed to relax the restriction through legislation in the conservative Roman Catholic country.</p><br clear="all"/>