An NGO President and a social worker laud the outcome of a vote in Benin to legalise abortions within the first three months if it is likely to "aggravate or cause material, educational, professional or moral distress, incompatible with the woman or the unborn child's interest." Previously the law had been more limited, allowing abortions only in the case of rape, incest and potentially grave harm to the mother or child. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES