Rights groups have denounced the grave markings as a gross violation of the women's privacy, which is protected by the 1978 law that legalized abortion in Italy. While regulations require burial of a fetus after 20 weeks, women who have complained said they never knowingly consented to the burials, much less to having their names put on crosses.
"Somebody, without my consent, collected the fetus, buried it at the cemetery and put over it a cross with my name and family name on it," said Francesca, who spoke on condition that her last name not be used because she said she feared retaliation from anti-abortion activists. Parliamentarians have demanded explanations from the public entities implicated, and Italy's government-appointed guarantor of privacy opened an investigation."To me, a cross is a symbol of love," Turco said. "That a cross could be used as a violent gesture toward a woman who experienced a laceration and profound suffering is a blasphemy that humiliates women and deforms the sense of the cross.
AMA has cited yet another regulation that requires all graves to be identified. Yet other Italian cemeteries have plots dedicated to fetuses that are not marked with women's names. AMA declined to comment further to The Associated Press.
....cant absorb this one
A reminder that Fetus means offspring, unborn human baby.
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