25 Minds: EU nations have widely varying policies on abortion

From Elizabeth Bryant in today's Winston-Salem Journal:

Pregnant with her third child in January, Maria Silva, 36, decided to call it quits at two.

In most European countries, the next step would have been simple: to check into a clinic for a surgical or medical abortion.

But Silva lives in the northern Portuguese town of Aveiro, where seven women went on trial just over a year ago for ending pregnancies. So instead, she followed step-by-step Internet directions on performing the procedure herself.