20 February 2008

The right to choose

I’ve received this declaration released today from Fabio Evangelisti, deputy with Italia dei Valori.
During Maria Latella’s programme, there was the umpteenth example of how certain characters are using politics and the problems of the country to get notoriety, perhaps even power, and why not, even a seat in Parliament.
And so it was while Giuliano Ferrara was busy on the Sky Tg 24 news programme giving out his ideas about the right to abortion on the lives of women in Italy, a 20 year old of Chinese origin is fighting for her life following a delicate operation that was made necessary because of an clandestine abortion.
It is a vile practice that it is unnecessary to remind ourselves found the law 194 to be a valid eradicating agent, but that is still found in the woodwork of our society. There is no doubt that any law can be improved and applied in a more complete way, but it is unthinkable that in a situation of this type, in which there is the use of a clandestine procedure to interrupt a pregnancy, there’s the wish to step back 30 years, and remove from women the right to choose how and whether or not to go on with their own pregnancy.
To those like Ferrara, who point to such delicate questions to gain consensus, there is nothing else but for me to put forward a very simple invitation: to go and visit the young Chinese woman who is being cared for at Careggi in Florence.
Italia dei Valori has fought during the Prodi government and it will fight in the next government to defend the right of women to choose on the topic of abortion.

Previous articles:
Law 194, useless discussions
Campagna elettorale sulla 194
Legge 194? Parliamo anche di fecondazione assistita
Un diritto di scelta

Posted by Antonio Di Pietro in Society