First of all, excuse me
for the long absence. A full-time job out of nowhere interfered with my plans of
spending all day long writing blogs about Italy! But now, on to the
second instalment of my theme on the catholic church and
reproductive freedom in Italy.
Abortion has been legal in
Italy since 1978. Due to
lobbying from Catholic organisations a condition was put into
legislation which allowed doctors to refuse to carry out abortions on
grounds of their religious beliefs. This is also the case in other
European countries, but after the jump I will get to why it is particularly
problematic in Italy.