The Guardian reported that the hereditary prince of Liechtenstein, Alois, has used his veto for the first time in his reign to quash a bill aimed at bringing the principality's abortion laws in line with much of Europe. The report, written by Ashifa Kassam, the Guardian's European community affairs correspondent, is available in full at The Guardian's full report.
According to The Guardian, the bill was approved by Liechtenstein's parliament the month before the report was published, following the presentation of a citizens' initiative that was backed by a national petition. The Guardian's summary breaks off in the middle of its account of who signed the initiative, so the number of signers is not reported here.
The Guardian's summary describes the petition as national and the initiative as a citizens' initiative, and says the bill was intended to bring the principality's abortion laws in line with much of Europe. Those points are the only details of the bill that the summary provides.
The Guardian described the veto as "surreal" in its headline and said it dismayed campaigners. The summary does not name those campaigners or report what they said in response.
The Guardian's summary does not say what reasons, if any, the prince gave for the veto, and it does not describe the bill's specific provisions. Because The Guardian is the only report supplied for this story, the account of the veto rests on that single source.
Sources: The Guardian: Liechtenstein prince’s ‘surreal’ abortion veto dismays campaigners.