Ascoli.- “Pharmacological method available only in a few facilities and only up to 7 weeks of gestation instead of up to 9 as in the rest of Italy, conscientious objection, counseling network suffering due to lack of staff and tools, presence of anti-abortion associations in clinics.”
He reports it “Marche Altro+di194” feminist network, in relation to the Marche situation on the right to abortion. According to the Network, the Marche Region is “in default on the right to legal, safe and free abortion”.
Hence the organization on Tuesday 18 June – when the Regional Council has scheduled the discussion on these issues on the agenda (with a question and an interpellation from the Democratic Party), of a demonstration in Piazza Cavour with the participation of theAssociation of territorial gynecologists (Agite), Aied of Ascoli Piceno, the Association of non-objecting gynecologists (Laiga) and Pro-choice Italian network for contraception and abortion, as well as the feminist network Marche Altro+di194 itself.
The agenda of the Regional Council meeting is under discussion question no. 1185already presented on 18 April 2024 which calls into question the Regional Council and the competent Councilor on “voluntary termination of pregnancy with mifepristone and prostaglandins, in an outpatient or day hospital setting and failure to implement the guidelines of the Superior Health Council of 12 /08/2020”.
In the text with the first signature of the PD councilor Manuela Bora, it is underlined that “the share of pharmacological IVG in the Marche (20.7%) is less than half the national average (47.3%), with strong variability between IVG points”. A question is also scheduled on the methods of application of law 194/1978 with particular reference to the presence of so-called “pro-life” associations in the clinics.
“Access to IVG in the Marche is not only complicated by the unavailability of the pharmacological method beyond the 7th week, but also by the levels of conscientious objection in clinics and hospitals, as shown by the data we obtained from the regional health authority with a specific request for access to documents”, he declares Marte Manca, trans-feminist activist of Pro-choice RICA (Italian contraception-abortion network).
As for the consultants, the subject of the question, “with reference to the year 2023, out of 66 family consultants less than half issue IVG certifications, i.e. 27. According to law 194, conscientious objection is permitted only on the abortive procedure and not for what precedes or follows it and therefore should not be allowed in the clinic. Yet, in 7 consultancy offices the staff is 100%, in 18 offices it is from 40% to 67%, in 13 offices the percentage ranges from 20% to 33%. Only in 9 locations there are no objecting staff.”
As for hospitals, in Fermo and Jesi conscientious objection is 100%, in Senigallia, Civitanova and Fano between 80% and 90%, only in Ancona and Urbino is it under 30%”.
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