Photo: AP pressControversial Italian government plan to allow pro-motherhood groups to try to dissuade women from terminating pregnancies at abortion clinics
The Italian Senate approved a controversial government plan to allow maternity groups to try to dissuade women from terminating their pregnancies at abortion clinics.
The Prime Minister's "Brothers of Italy" party George Meloni she included that proposal in the amendment to the bill on recovery from the covid-19 virus, which includes a chapter on the health sector.
Fierce criticism of the opposition
The Senate approved a bill that would allow anti-abortion groups to operate in public family counseling centers.
The proposal was adopted with 95 votes in favor and 68 against.
The proposal was first given the green light in the House of Commons last week, drawing fierce criticism from opposition parties who see it as an attack on abortion rights introduced in 1978.
"Brothers of Italy" claim that the new provision will only give women the opportunity to think again before making a final decision on abortion and that it does not encroach on their rights.
God, fatherland and family
"I'm George, I'm a woman, I'm a mother, I'm a Christian," the head of Italy's leadership said in the election campaign, after which she won.
In her words, the basics of her policy, which her opponents call populist, were gathered: radical and even pro-fascist conservatism, expulsion of migrants, depriving the LGBTQ+ community of their rights, turning away from the European Union towards Italy.
Political opponents of Đorđe Meloni say that the simple language she uses to address voters is not a tactic, but that she can't do anything else. Whether one or the other was true, it brought her success.
A symbolically strong and serious measure
According to data from the Ministry of Health from 2021, about 63 percent of gynecologists refuse to perform abortions. Luisa Rizzitelli, a women's rights activist who campaigns to stop violence against women, says it is a serious measure.
"This measure may seem like a small thing, but symbolically it is very strong and serious - the government is giving a clear signal that they want to do everything possible to convince women to change their minds. This shouldn't be happening," she told the Guardian.
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