Liechtenstein abortion initiative moves closer to a vote

A citizens' initiative to legalise abortion in Liechtenstein has gathered nearly five times more than the minimum number of signatures required to get its proposal sent for parliamentary review or a referendum.Liechtenstein abortion initiative moves closer to a voteAbortion is currently illegal there except for specific circumstances, such as when the mother's life is at risk or the pregnancy resulted from rape. Roman Catholicism is the state religion in the Alpine microstate."We have concluded our petition drive with an exceptional result: we have gathered just under 5,000 signatures," the committee behind the initiative said in an Instagram post.The committee submitted the 4,970 signatures last Friday.On its website it pointed out that the result was nearly five times the legally require