Slovene's have been debating state funding for abortions after a government minister suggested that funding should be stopped as part of a plan to lift birth rates.
The suggestion has cost the labour minister, Janez Drobnic, his job, but
the debate goes on. Slovene's, it seems are very attached to the idea of
easy access to abortion. Radio Slovenia International's Ksenija Samardzija
Matul reports.
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