Berlusconi in push to win Catholic vote

February 13, 2008 4:26 pm

Silvio Berlusconi, bidding for a third term as Italian prime minister, is launching a “shock” electoral campaign that yesterday involved reaching out for the Roman Catholic vote over the issue of abortion, in response to a rebuff by powerful church figures.

The billionaire opposition leader said he backed an initiative for a United Nations “moratorium on abortion” similar to the death penalty moratorium passed in a non-binding resolution by the UN general assembly.

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