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| 1985, June 9 | |
| A national referendum rejected a new constitutional amendment that was intended to ban all abortions except when the mother's life was in danger, and all forms of birth control that destroyed the embryo after conception. | 1 |
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| Marital law: A national referendum approved the reform of the 1907 marital law, effective Jan. 1, 1988, which described husband and wife as “equal partners,” gave a spouse not in paid employment the right to an income from his or her partner, and, in cases of divorce, established the wife's right to half of the family wealth. | 2 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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