The Far-Right Is Coming For Abortion Rights in the Heart of Europe
Vice quoted Leah Hoctor, the Center’s senior regional director for Europe, in an article about the upcoming elections in Italy and how the country’s far-right is poised to roll back abortion rights if they win in September. Hoctor said that “the Italian authorities are failing to live up to their human rights obligations to guarantee access to abortion care in practice” and that “any moves to rollback entitlements to abortion care in Italy or to introduce new barriers would fly in the face of the overwhelming trend across the region towards the removal of legal and policy restrictions on abortion.”
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