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 Five percent of Italian women, and four percent of Britons, admitted to drinking alcohol at least once or twice a week during pregnancy, researchers said on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.it/20170413/italians-and-brits-are-most-likely-to-drink-while-pregnant Thu, 13 Apr 2017 12:04:21 +0200 italians-and-brits-are-most-likely-to-drink-while-pregnant Less than a year after Italy lifted its ban on egg donors, the first two babies have been born with the help of the fertility treatment. https://www.thelocal.it/20150310/first-italian-babies-born-with-egg-donor Tue, 10 Mar 2015 12:09:23 +0100 first-italian-babies-born-with-egg-donor Doctors in Milan are battling to save the life of an unborn baby by keeping his mother's heart beating for another month, despite her being brain dead. An expert told The Local the case is "incredibly rare". https://www.thelocal.it/20141031/doctors-battle-to-save-baby-from-dead-mums-womb Fri, 31 Oct 2014 13:05:00 +0100 doctors-battle-to-save-baby-from-dead-mums-womb A woman in Rome is facing manslaughter charges after allegedly killing her newborn baby boy, before taking his body to a bar in a plastic bag and throwing it in a bin. https://www.thelocal.it/20140909/mum-goes-to-bar-with-dead-baby-in-bag Tue, 09 Sep 2014 11:40:00 +0200 mum-goes-to-bar-with-dead-baby-in-bag A court in Bologna has granted a couple the right to use donors in fertility treatment immediately, four years since they launched their legal battle to have a family, their lawyer told The Local. https://www.thelocal.it/20140819/let-infertile-couples-use-donors-court Tue, 19 Aug 2014 14:41:00 +0200 let-infertile-couples-use-donors-court A man in central Italy has been arrested after allegedly keeping his pregnant wife captive, beating and starving her in a bid to force her to have an abortion. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/man-starved-and-beat-wife-to-force-abortion Tue, 22 Jul 2014 18:03:00 +0200 man-starved-and-beat-wife-to-force-abortion The first pregnancy by egg donation in Italy has been announced, described as a "moment of great emotion", just weeks after a ban on the fertility treatment was lifted by the country's constitutional court. https://www.thelocal.it/20140722/first-egg-donation-pregnancy-after-ban-lifted Tue, 22 Jul 2014 15:15:00 +0200 first-egg-donation-pregnancy-after-ban-lifted