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San Marino voters overwhelmingly back legal abortion
SAN MARINO (AP) — Residents in the tiny republic of San Marino voted overwhelmingly Sunday to legalize abortion, rejecting a 150-year-old law that had criminalized it and becoming the latest majority Catholic state to approve the procedure under certain circumstances, according to nearly complete returns.
With 26 of 37 polling stations counted, some 76% of voters approved making abortion legal in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. It will also be legal beyond then if the woman’s life is in danger or if her physical or psychological health are at risk because of fetal anomalies or malformations, according to official returns broadcast on San Marino TV.
Turnout was 41% of voters of San Marino, a microstate of 33,000 people surrounded by Italy.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.