https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More than 100 women in Italy have launched legal action over the discovery, which they say is a serious violation of human rights and 'like a sign of punishment'. https://www.thelocal.it/20201015/outrage-in-italy-over-discovery-of-foetus-graves-marked-with-mothers-names Thu, 15 Oct 2020 16:00:14 +0200 outrage-in-italy-over-discovery-of-foetus-graves-marked-with-mothers-names Italian medical professionals spoke out on Monday after right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini claimed that women go to emergency rooms for abortions because they live an "uncivilised lifestyle". https://www.thelocal.it/20200217/hands-off-women-anger-in-italy-over-salvinis-comments-on-abortion Mon, 17 Feb 2020 18:07:09 +0100 hands-off-women-anger-in-italy-over-salvinis-comments-on-abortion A right-wing government minister known for his hardline Catholic views was named Italy's new minister for European Affairs on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20190710/hardline-salvini-ally-takes-eu-post Wed, 10 Jul 2019 17:11:08 +0200 hardline-salvini-ally-takes-eu-post Pope Francis reiterated on Saturday that abortion is unacceptable, saying its use amounted to the hiring of a "paid killer." https://www.thelocal.it/20190525/pope-condemns-abortion-as-use-of-paid-killer Sat, 25 May 2019 19:07:01 +0200 pope-condemns-abortion-as-use-of-paid-killer Several tens of thousands of people marched in support of the ultra-Conservative World Congress of Families on Sunday, on the final day of their conference in northern Italy. https://www.thelocal.it/20190331/tens-of-thousands-march-in-italy-against-anti-abortion-meet Sun, 31 Mar 2019 20:03:38 +0200 tens-of-thousands-march-in-italy-against-anti-abortion-meet Tens of thousands of people marched in the northern Italian city of Verona on Saturday to protest a meeting of the anti-gay, anti-abortion US-based World Congress of Families. https://www.thelocal.it/20190331/tens-of-thousand-march-in-verona-against-anti-abortion-meet Sun, 31 Mar 2019 09:45:24 +0200 tens-of-thousand-march-in-verona-against-anti-abortion-meet Pope Francis on Wednesday compared having an abortion to hiring a "contract killer". https://www.thelocal.it/20181010/pope-francis-says-abortion-is-like-hiring-contract-killer Wed, 10 Oct 2018 13:47:41 +0200 pope-francis-says-abortion-is-like-hiring-contract-killer Verona's town council voted to declare the northern Italian city officially "pro-life", prompting outcry from campaigners for reproductive rights. https://www.thelocal.it/20181005/verona-pro-life-city-italy-abortion-law Fri, 05 Oct 2018 21:44:17 +0200 verona-pro-life-city-italy-abortion-law Lorenzo Fontana, Italy's new Minister for Families and Disabilities who has made negative statements about gay families and reproductive rights, was targeted by hackers who inserted adverts for erectile dysfunction remedies into the search results for his website. https://www.thelocal.it/20180604/italy-families-minister-lorenzo-fontana-pharma-hack Mon, 04 Jun 2018 20:31:57 +0200 italy-families-minister-lorenzo-fontana-pharma-hack Italy marks 40 years of legalized abortion this month, but many women are still unable to access the procedure due to a rising rate of conscientious objection among doctors. https://www.thelocal.it/20180525/history-abortion-laws-italy-doctors-objection-pills Fri, 25 May 2018 19:28:11 +0200 history-abortion-laws-italy-doctors-objection-pills Rome authorities have been urged to remove a huge anti-abortion poster featuring an 11-week-old foetus in the womb from a wall in the Vatican area. https://www.thelocal.it/20180406/rome-mayor-told-to-remove-explicit-anti-abortion-poster Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:23:36 +0200 rome-mayor-told-to-remove-explicit-anti-abortion-poster An Italian priest has sparked outrage after apparently comparing lawmakers who have campaigned for abortion access in Italy to one of the country's most notorious mafia killers. https://www.thelocal.it/20171120/bologna-priest-compares-abortion-to-mafia-killings Mon, 20 Nov 2017 13:40:49 +0100 bologna-priest-compares-abortion-to-mafia-killings An Italian woman is suing a hospital for over 200,000 euros after undergoing an unsuccessful abortion. https://www.thelocal.it/20170718/italian-woman-sues-milan-san-paolo-hospital-after-unsuccessful-abortion Tue, 18 Jul 2017 15:57:38 +0200 italian-woman-sues-milan-san-paolo-hospital-after-unsuccessful-abortion Women in Italy will soon be able to terminate pregnancies without going to hospital, as Lazio - the central region including Rome - becomes the first in Italy to make abortion pills available at family planning clinics. https://www.thelocal.it/20170405/for-the-first-time-italians-will-be-able-to-get-abortion-pills-in-clinics Wed, 05 Apr 2017 13:16:05 +0200 for-the-first-time-italians-will-be-able-to-get-abortion-pills-in-clinics An Italian woman has shared her story of the difficulty in getting an abortion in Italy, where around 70 percent of doctors refuse to carry out the procedure on moral grounds. https://www.thelocal.it/20170303/italian-woman-forced-to-go-to-23-hospitals-to-have-an-abortion Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:48:06 +0100 italian-woman-forced-to-go-to-23-hospitals-to-have-an-abortion A controversial move by a Rome hospital to hire two specialist abortion doctors - because the majority of Italian doctors refuse to carry out the procedure - has caused an outcry. https://www.thelocal.it/20170223/rome-hospital-employs-doctors-who-cant-object-to-abortion Thu, 23 Feb 2017 17:40:45 +0100 rome-hospital-employs-doctors-who-cant-object-to-abortion Pope Francis on Sunday urged the faithful to pray for unborn children threatened by "the termination of pregnancy" in a throwaway culture marked by falling birthrates. https://www.thelocal.it/20170206/pope-abortion-pray-unborn-babies-throwing-away Mon, 06 Feb 2017 09:41:10 +0100 pope-abortion-pray-unborn-babies-throwing-away Pope Francis on Wednesday took aim at the modern world's obsessions with power, success and beauty, citing the example of a woman who had an abortion to preserve her looks. https://www.thelocal.it/20170111/pope-criticizes-women-who-have-abortions-to-save-their-looks Wed, 11 Jan 2017 15:01:10 +0100 pope-criticizes-women-who-have-abortions-to-save-their-looks Pope Francis declared on Monday that all priests would have the right to forgive abortion, making permanent a temporary measure put in place for the Vatican's jubilee year. https://www.thelocal.it/20161122/pope-francis-grants-priests-the-right-to-forgive-abortion Tue, 22 Nov 2016 10:03:57 +0100 pope-francis-grants-priests-the-right-to-forgive-abortion Women in Italy still encounter “substantial difficulty” in accessing services to enable them to safely terminate a pregnancy despite abortion being legal in the country since the 1970s, the Council of Europe said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160411/women-in-italy-face-susbstantial-difficulty-in-accessing-safe-abortio Mon, 11 Apr 2016 14:15:54 +0200 women-in-italy-face-susbstantial-difficulty-in-accessing-safe-abortio