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The Brothers of Italy would not comment on their agenda. WOMEN AND DOCTORS BOTH AT RISK A recent court case shows the dangers of limiting access to abortion - for medics, as well as for women. Four doctors, all so-called conscientious objectors received suspended sentences for manslaughter in November after denying a 32-year-old woman a late abortion, which was legal as the pregnancy had put her life in danger.

Although Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said she would not would not change Italy’s abortion laws, women’s rights campaigners fear new restrictions could follow.

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Italians have marched for abortion rights since the far-Right election win, but their real fight began long before