Prevention and conscientious objection, the great absent from the pdl on termination of pregnancy
So the first debate on the bill filed by Congress on March 7, after 77.8% of the yes in the proactive referendum of last 27 September. In the 9 articles in which it is divided sets principles and limits. The woman can ask to terminate the pregnancy by the end of the twelfth week of gestation. Subsequently only in case of life threatening of the woman “or if there are anomalies and malformations of the fetus that pose a serious risk to the physical or psychological health” of the pregnant woman. If the woman has not reached the age of majority she will be able to decide independently only if a victim of rape or incest. Otherwise, those with legal authority or the guardianship judge will have to dare to give their consent in the case of particular situations in the family.
The use of voluntary termination of pregnancy it will not be considered a birth control and limitation toolreiterates the draft in Article 1 and will be guaranteed to women who apply in public and private facilities, both in San Marino and abroad. The possibility of opening spaces for private health activities on the subject of pregnancy termination with respect to the ISS was one of the criticisms immediately raised by the Uno di Noi Committee, which in defining the PDL simplistic and hastywarned of the dangers of areas in which to undertake gray health activities not permitted by the legislation of many countries and noted deadlines, among other things, as the draft does not set any end to perform the abortion and does not regulate fundamental issues such as prevention, support for mothers and conscientious objection.
The latter three issues on which the two committees, which met in a heated referendum campaign, are in agreement. me too’In fact, the San Marino Women’s Unionwhich responded to all political forces by presenting a document contribution to the new regulation on IVG who refers to the critical issues of 194/78, underlined how prevention is lacking in the dry PDL, the need for a consultancy with professionals capable of accompanying the choice of every woman, staff training, prevention of unwanted pregnancies, protection of The rights of conscience and conscience of parents, “so that a balance is found between freedom of choice of doctors and the rights of women”. It will now be necessary to see how the bill, which after the first confrontation will be assigned to the appropriate commission, will be changed.