Healthcare
Passos Coelho defends return of abortion user fees revoked by the left
During a conference on abortion, the former prime minister argued for the return of user fees for terminations, which were abolished under the previous left-wing government. He highlighted that foreign women accounted for 44.2% of voluntary terminations of pregnancy in Portugal in 2025.
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This is political debate rather than a change in the law, but if the proposal is taken up, user fees for abortions could return for patients in the public health system.PúblicoRead original ↗
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