41.   Previous legislation allowed abortions only under specific circumstances such as rape or incest.

42.   Some states, including Rio de Janeiro, have implemented regulations allowing some abortions in specified public hospitals.

43.   The law allows abortions during the first three months of pregnancy, but state medical insurance does not pay for it.

44.   The law in Mexico City -- a federal district with its own legislature -- currently allows abortions in the case of rape.

45.   The government allows some abortions, which are banned by Islam.

46.   The legislation also would allow abortions at private clinics.

47.   The Italian bishops hope that the center-right majority, after five years of center-left government, will throw out the law allowing abortion.

48.   The law generally allows abortion only if the woman risks serious medical or psychological harm, has severe learning difficulties, or if the fetus is abnormal.

49.   The new bill would allow abortions in private clinics, while now only state-run clinics are authorized.

50.   Therefore, abortion is now allowed.