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Eugene

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Sat Aug 8, 2020, 10:16 PM Aug 2020

Italy approves outpatient use for abortion pill

Source: Associated Press

Italy approves outpatient use for abortion pill

August 7, 2020

ROME (AP) — Women in Italy can now use the abortion pill on an outpatient basis rather than be hospitalized to terminate a pregnancy.

Italy’s health minister, Roberto Speranza, announced the change in guidelines in a tweet Saturday. He said it was based on scientific evidence and was “an important step forward” in line with Italy’s 1978 law legalizing abortion.

Previously, women in Italy had to admitted to the hospital to take mifepristone, which terminates a pregnancy by causing the embryo to detach from the uterine wall.

Women’s groups and pro-choice advocates lobbying for outpatient use had argued that the hospitalization requirement discouraged use of the drug, given the high levels of conscientious objection to abortion within the Italian health care service.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/60df27cd985e778cd25a16926546012d
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