Abortion In Italy Is Legal, But Finding One Is Hard

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : In Italy, anti-abortion sentiment runs deep Photo:
45% : Piedmont, governed by a far-right coalition, announced in April it would offer 4,000 euros ($4,300) each to 100 pregnant women considering abortion for financial reasons, to convince them to reconsider.
44% :Italy is an outlier in western Europe, where the trend in recent decades has been to remove barriers to abortion, said Leah Hoctor, the Center for Reproductive Health's European director.
41% : However, unlike in the United States, abortion is not at the top of the political agenda in Italy and even for right-leaning parties there is no real push to overturn the law.
40% : The law stipulates that objectors cannot refuse medical care before and after abortion, but that is not always respected.
39% : Abortion is not part of normal medical training, sex education in schools is not compulsory, and some pharmacists illegally refuse to dispense morning-after pills.
37% : The Council of Europe has twice censured Italy over inadequate access to abortion, with little consequence.
33% : She called it "absurd" that women continue to have the same problems exercising their right to abortion.

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