ABORTION . . . THE VATICAN EYES INTERNATIONAL BATTLE

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The Vatican is lining up support from Catholic and Islamic countries -- including Iran -- to prevent the United Nations from endorsing the right of a woman to choose an abortion. The showdown is set for the U.N.'s Sept. 5 population conference in Cairo. "The Holy See is fully conscious that the future of humanity is up for discussion," papal spokesman Joaquin Navarro said Monday. Also on the Vatican agenda: a move to censure homosexuality.