The Anti-choice Movement in Spain and Italy

Written by: DFA Staff on Apr 6, 2008 9:00 AM EDT

The Los Angeles Times reports on the growing power of the anti-choice movement in Spain and Italy:

In Italy and Spain, two of Europe's most predominantly Roman Catholic countries, opponents of abortion are finding new ways to challenge laws and use the issue to influence national elections, a generation after most citizens thought the issue was resolved.

Spurred on by the church, antiabortion activists have staged demonstrations and circulated petitions, gathering thousands of names. On the other side of the debate, thousands of women have turned out in demonstrations to demand that laws allowing the termination of pregnancy be protected.

Danny
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