Abortion in San Marino, Pdcs: “We will make every effort to ensure that it is really the last resort”
DC: “Abortion, make every effort to make it really the last resort”. In the last 16 years, 300 abortions have been performed by women from San Marino in Italy mainly in the province of Rimini, for an average of 16 per year
“(…) the Pdcs, while confirming its opinion against abortion, will approach the legislative path for the IVG in San Marino, in compliance with the will expressed by the last referendum, but making every effort to ensure that this choice is really the last resort, and not simply the free affirmation of the self-determination of the strongest over the weakest, an affirmation that cannot exist as a principle in a democratic country, which has always been capable of sharing and welcoming, like the Republic of San Marino “. (…)
“(…) A careful analysis shows, first of all, that over 300 abortions have been performed in the last 16 years, with an average of about 19 operations per year. In the last year, in particular, after a significant significant in 2018 and 2019, we have returned to average levels. This value is of great importance, if we consider that the San Marino birth rate went from 349 units in 2008 to 224 units in 2020, reducing by about 30% in just 12 years. (…)“.
Article taken from The Information of San Marino