No change on abortion, for now, it seems. After all the fuss before Christmas, the commission set up to investigate the functioning of the abortion law (Law 194) has decided no change is necessary.
The commission – headed by a Forza Italia MP – concluded that the lack of family planning clinics was a problem, particularly in the south. Its report called for an improvement in family planning services, with the aim of preventing the need for abortions to take place. It seems that abortion is not an issue which the government here wants to push up the election agenda.