San Marino abortion debate heats up ahead of historic referendum

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San Marino, one of Europe's smallest countries and staunchest opponents to legal abortion, is preparing to head to the polls to vote in a historic referendum on abortion

A "Yes" vote will bring some relief for pro-choice supporters further afield who have been dismayed as authorities in countries like Poland and in the U.S. state of Texas have tightened laws.In the mountainous enclave of 33,000 people, women who end their pregnancies risk three years' imprisonment. The term is twice as long for anyone who carries out their abortion.

"I care about my country and I want it to be civilised," she says. "I feel like a link in a chain of women's emancipation that goes beyond San Marino." The experience brought home to her the extent of the religion-based resistance to change, and convinced her that a well prepared campaign was needed to win over her compatriots' hearts and minds.

Nonetheless, Muratori's Women's Union, campaigning from a gazebo in a children's playground near the Italian border, has made inroads into the conservative mentality, and gathered 3,000 signatures to launch the vote, three times more than required. Marina Corsi, a pharmacist active with the 'NO' committee, said this principle should not be compromised even in cases of rape or the certainty of severe disability for the unborn baby.

 

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