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Rome, Jun. 16 (CWNews.com) - An Italian government minister has observed that the June 12-13 referendum vote upholding restrictions on artificial reproduction could pave the way for a reconsideration of legal abortion in the country.
Regional-affairs minister Enrico La Loggia told the daily newspaper La Stampa that the results of the referendum-- in which nearly 75 percent of the eligible voters followed the Italian bishops’ recommendation and did not cast a ballot-- demonstrated that the Italian people are “more attentive to the principles of the Catholic tradition” than political leaders had realized.
The failure of the referendum left in place a new national law restricting in vitro fertilization. One provision of that law, which was challenged by the referendum, affirmed the rights of the human embryo. That passage of the law appears to clash directly with the law allowing legal abortion. “The principles that are being affirmed today, regarding the protection of life, must be taken into account,” La Loggia said.
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Regional-affairs minister Enrico La Loggia told the daily newspaper La Stampa that the results of the referendum-- in which nearly 75 percent of the eligible voters followed the Italian bishops’ recommendation and did not cast a ballot-- demonstrated that the Italian people are “more attentive to the principles of the Catholic tradition” than political leaders had realized.
The failure of the referendum left in place a new national law restricting in vitro fertilization. One provision of that law, which was challenged by the referendum, affirmed the rights of the human embryo. That passage of the law appears to clash directly with the law allowing legal abortion. “The principles that are being affirmed today, regarding the protection of life, must be taken into account,” La Loggia said.
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