Rome's San Camillo
Hospital's call for two abortion doctors to solve widespread
conscientious objection is "not envisaged" by the law but
hospitals can ask regional governments to complete "specific
individual services", Health Minister Beatrice Lorenzin said
Wednesday, stressing that conscientious objection is respected
in Italy.
Earlier The Italian Bishops Conference (CEI) slammed the
planned hiring of two gynecologists at the San Camillo on a
contract that envisages their dismissal if they refuse to
perform abortions because of conscience.
The CEI said conscientious objection was "a right" that must
be preserved.
Women regularly complain about the difficulty of obtaining an
abortion in Italian hospitals, where conscientious-objector
doctors are a majority.
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