In Italy, the right to abortion caught between ultraconservative Catholics and far-right groups
Every year in Italy, around 63,000 women terminate their pregnancies, embarking on a long and painful process in which humiliation, judgment, and violence are all too common. The conscientious objection of healthcare workers forces many to undertake expensive travel or resort to clandestine procedures, while ultraconservative Catholic groups, present in gynecology departments and clinics, try by every possible means to dissuade those who have decided to have an abortion.
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