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23 Apr 2008 03:27 pm
Abortion In Italy
It's been legal since 1978, but voluntary shifts have made it rarer and rarer:
Between 2003 and 2007 the number of
gynecologists claiming the conscience clause to avoid carrying out
abortions rose from 58.7 percent to 69.2 percent, according to the
report.
For anesthetists helping in abortions, the figure of
those refusing to participate rose from 45.7 percent to 50.4 percent.
"In the south, this increase is even more pronounced and in certain
areas the rate has almost doubled," the report adds. In Campania, the
region around Naples, the proportion of gynecologists refusing to carry
out the procedure reached 83 percent, and in Sicily 84.2 percent.
Meanwhile, the number of abortions has dropped slightly. Between 2006
and 2007 it fell from 131,018 to 127,038, a decrease of three percent.
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