“If the allegations about alleged anti-abortion pressure in Aosta Valley health facilities were to prove true we would be very worried. For this reason we welcome the opening of an investigation by the Local Health Authority to verify the facts. It is up to them and no one else to understand and shed light on the We do this with a clear understanding that Law 194 must continue to be rigorously applied in healthcare facilities and social and healthcare facilities.” Thus in a note the Democratic Party of Valle d’Aosta, after the association Women’s Center against Violence reported in recent days cases of “women who, having arrived at public health facilities in the regional territory to access voluntary termination of pregnancy , were in the same places subjected to undue interference and pressure from volunteers.”
“We are against – continues the Democratic Party – the government’s policy which, although not formally affecting the law, is in fact making it difficult to apply, interfering with a women’s right achieved with difficulty way back in 1978. From this political point of view the Democratic Party will be committed on all fronts to guarantee a legitimate right for women which must be universally recognized and accessible to all”.
“It must also be reiterated – adds the Democratic Party – that women must be able to have confidence in turning to the national health system for voluntary termination of pregnancy and that the health service itself must be up to the demands with adequate non-objection staff and turnaround times. expectations compatible with the indications provided by 194. The Democratic Party undertakes to ensure that this happens in a political moment in which the national government continues to make drastic cuts in healthcare costs, privileging private healthcare. Similar attention will be paid to the broader issue of rights “.
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