Allowing abortion within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy
For
47.66%
Against
52.34%
Building a new national hospital in Vaduz
For
41.91%
Against
58.09%
Results by municipality for Registered Partnership Law (left), abortion (center) and new hospital (right)
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Three referendums were held in Liechtenstein during 2011. The first on approving the registered partnership law was held between 17 and 19 June,[1][2] and was approved by 68.8% of voters. The law went into effect on 1 September.[3] The second was held on 18 September on allowing abortion within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy.[4] Prince Alois had threatened to veto the result of the referendum should it have turned out in favour,[5] but ultimately it was rejected by voters.[6] The third was on building a new national hospital in Vaduz was held on 30 October, and was also rejected.
^"Partnerschaftsgesetz: Volk entscheidet Mitte Juni". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 26 April 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
^"Liechtensteiner stimmen im Juni über Homo- Ehe ab". Schweizerische Depeschenagentur, Liechtensteiner Volksblatt (in German). Vorarlberger Medienhaus. 26 April 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
^"68,8 % Ja-Stimmen für Partnerschaftsgesetz". Archived from the original on 12 March 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"The Local - Liechtenstein to vote on legalising abortion". Thelocal.ch. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
^"Liechtenstein prince threatens to veto referendum". Associated Press/The Oklahoman. 2011-09-08. Archived from the original on 2019-05-23. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
^Liechtenstein, 18 September 2011: Deadline solution for abortion Direct Democracy (in German)
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