In San Marino abortion will be legal: this is how it works now
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Historical and overwhelming victory: the retrograde law that made abortion illegal in San Marino will have to be changed after the triumph of yes, over 77%, in the referendum that took place on Sunday 26 September. The referendum was held after 18 years of attempts to decriminalize the voluntary termination of pregnancy, up to now all eati in smoke. Promoted by the Union of San Marino Women (Uds), who, however, were unable to toast with prosecco due to another old law in force in the small Republic near Rimini: the one that prohibits public places from selling alcohol on the day of the call to the polls . Oh well, it’s the same party, because San Marino will finally have to approve (within six months) a rule that cancels the very severe penalties for those who abort.
We remember in fact that still a law dating back, with penalties that at the second degree, to say ‘same death, for the woman who interrupted a pregnancy as well as for health workers who help. Abortion is strictly prohibited even after rape or in the presence of severe fetal malformations. In Europe, only in San Marino, Malta, Gibraltar, Andorra, Vatican City and Poland is the right to abortion prohibited or severely restricted. But now we change, at least here. The referendum question was clear: “You want a woman to be allowed to terminate the pregnancy within pregnancy, and also if there is a danger to the life of the woman or if there are abnormalities and malformations of the fetus that pose a serious risk to health physical or psychological of the woman? “.
And 11,000 people – mostly women – said yes. “Now we will ensure that a law is approved that fully incorporates the referendum question”, announces Vanessa Muratori (Uds), the former parliamentarian who in 2003 with the Communist Refoundation presented the first bill on abortion. “At that time there was a government with a Christian Democratic proposal and it was rejected. In 2014 there was a further attempt with a civic committee, but this time the campaign was more articulated and structured ”. The legislative process will start with the task that the Captains Regent will entrust to the Congress of State, the San Marino government, to draft the new rule to be then submitted to the Guarantor College which will verify its compliance with the referendum question. Hurray.
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