{"id":5281,"date":"2014-04-05T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-05T07:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5281"},"modified":"2018-03-08T16:59:44","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T00:59:44","slug":"italian-doctors-abort-a-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.consciencelaws.org\/?p=5281","title":{"rendered":"Italian Doctors Abort a Law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interpress Service News Agency<\/p>\n<p class=\"author\">Silvia Giannelli<\/p>\n<p>ROME, Apr 5 2014 (IPS) &#8211; Two out of three doctors in Italy are &#8216;conscientious objectors&#8217; to abortion, according to new data. The Italian Ministry of Health reveals that in 2011, 69.3 percent of doctors refused to carry out abortions, with peaks of over 85 percent in some regions.<\/p>\n<p>In the face of such numbers, the ruling of the European Committee of Social Rights of the Council of Europe against Italy earlier this month over a complaint for violating the right to protection of health came as no surprise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Italian situation really worries us, and this is why we filed the complaint,&#8221; Irene Donadio, advocacy officer at the International Planned Parenthood Federation European Network (IPPF_EN) told IPS. &#8220;We believe that there is a problem with the functioning and application of the abortion law, which, in fact, would be a good law but is often violated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We acknowledge the fact that the right to conscientious objection is included in the same law, but the right of women to access a service that is legal and fundamental for their health needs to be respected as much as this right.&#8221; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipsnews.net\/2014\/04\/italy-aborts-law\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Full Text<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interpress Service News Agency Silvia Giannelli ROME, Apr 5 2014 (IPS) &#8211; Two out of three doctors in Italy are &#8216;conscientious objectors&#8217; to abortion, according to new data. 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