“The body is mine and I manage it”, shout the women who gathered on Monday in front of the Senate in Rome in defence of the right to abortion. On Tuesday, senators will vote on a bill concerning the post-Covid recovery plan, which also contains an amendment that facilitates the involvement of “maternity support” associations into public counselling centres for abortion.

Italian women demonstrate against the government to protect the right to abortion

“The body is mine and I manage it”, shout the women who gathered on Monday in front of the Senate in Rome in defence of the right to abortion. On Tuesday, senators will vote on a bill concerning the post-Covid recovery plan, which also contains an amendment that facilitates the involvement of “maternity support” associations into public counselling centres for abortion.