Fuld be granted under the national health eme for all women aged 16 or over in the it 10 weeks of pregnancy. After ten weeks ich more complicated procedure would be Minimal The main capitalist party, the Christian ocrats, propose only minimal changes in hold Fascist laws. The only concession would make would be when there was ave risk to the mother's health. They want to make abortion a crime, punishby up to five years imprisonment for The main workers" party, the Communist ty, also proposes severe restrictions on the t to abortion. Though they take into nt the economic, family and social conis of the woman, they lay down strict in the cases where abortion would be Ited. The circumstances in which they permit abortion are similar to those in by the Socialist Party: but they example, that a victim of rape must all these manoeuvres. In most major cities a movement has grown up for free abortion on demand, and against this speculation with public money in private clinics.
Five hundred members of women's groups all over Italy, as well as representatives of the French, Swiss and British abortion campaigns, met together in Bologna last weekend to discuss the perspectives for this fight. The main problems discussed were: whether abortions should be done clandestinely as a personal action, or openly as part of a political movement; howto combine the local groups into a nationally co-ordinated action campaign; and whether and when to have an international demonstration.
It was agreed to have a demonstration in Milan on 10 December, and the international delegates agreed to work in their countries for the largest possible delegations as well as simultaneous solidarity actions. The other problems must still be solved if an effective abortion campaign is to be built in Italy.
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