The high number of objectors medical practitioners undermines the legal right of women to have access to services for the termination of pregnancy. Some of these take place in Counselling centres, to whom women address in order to certificate that the childbirth or motherhood would seriously endanger their physical or mental health. Italian law 194 provides that, also when there are objectors, administration shall be required to ensure that the procedures are carried out. Some Regions try to resolve problems due to the large medical objection with organizational solutions. Paper questions the reasons and justifications of a legal objection in the activities that take place in the Counselling centres, and analyzes some organizational solutions and their limits
L’obiezione di coscienza nei consultori pubblici
PIOGGIA, Alessandra
2015
Abstract
The high number of objectors medical practitioners undermines the legal right of women to have access to services for the termination of pregnancy. Some of these take place in Counselling centres, to whom women address in order to certificate that the childbirth or motherhood would seriously endanger their physical or mental health. Italian law 194 provides that, also when there are objectors, administration shall be required to ensure that the procedures are carried out. Some Regions try to resolve problems due to the large medical objection with organizational solutions. Paper questions the reasons and justifications of a legal objection in the activities that take place in the Counselling centres, and analyzes some organizational solutions and their limitsI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
