Gibraltar abortion vote postponed due to coronavirus
Poll earlier this month shows 70% of voters intend to support changes to liberalize abortion laws in referendum
Karim El-Bar
13.03.2020
Gibraltar announced on Thursday that it postponed a referendum on liberalizing its abortion laws due to the global coronavirus outbreak.
In a statement, the government said that though the "nature of the voting process is safe," it was concerned that "the advice to elderly people to stay home and avoid public places" could lead to the result of the vote to be "called into question" due to possible allegations that it skewed the results of the vote.
Continued: https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/gibraltar-abortion-vote-postponed-due-to-coronavirus/1764365