Italian women fear for their right to abortion

“We are not afraid of objectors”, A cry in a choir of women assembled in Rome to defend the right to abortion. to meAfter Georgia Meloni won the legislative elections on September 26, many took to the streets this week. The head of the post-fascist party Fratelli d’Italia can lead the next government and make no secret of her opposition to free abortion. fear that Voluntary termination of pregnancy (abortion), which has been allowed for 40 years in Italy but difficult to access, is questioned, affecting many Italian women.

“Today, we are more afraid that the obstacles are institutional. That’s for sure! Even the morning after the pill, I was already rejected at the pharmacy. Rights will reinforce this problem,” says a student in Rome. In Italy, nearly 7 out of 10 doctors refuse to perform abortions. With her triple motto “God, Homeland, Family,” the ultra-conservative Giorgia Meloni wants to promote the “no-abortion” right. But Fabiola, a 52-year-old teacher, warns that she will do it cunningly.

“You wouldn’t abolish the law, that would be too much. But it would make it more than sense, as it already is with Planned Parenthood that doesn’t guarantee abortion and conscientious objection. Meloni is more dangerous to being sneaky.”

Fabiola, teacher

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These Italian women are calling to redouble their efforts to advocate for free, safe and free access to abortion in highly Catholic Italy, which is undergoing a transformation today Good. A country that has twice been suspended by European courts with obstacles, which are still very many, to abortion.