Lawmakers voted to ease Spain's abortion law Thursday, approving a bill to allow the procedure without restrictions up to 14 weeks.
The change would bring this traditionally Roman Catholic country in line with its more secular neighbors in northern Europe.
The measure now goes to the Senate, where passage is expected some time early next year.
Abortion reform was the last major pending issue in a bold reform agenda undertaken by Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, who took power in 2004.
Under him Spain has also legalized gay marriage and made it easier for Spaniards to divorce in a drive that has infuriated …
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