Friday, June 4, 2010
Lombardy Region to Pay Women Not to Have Abortions
The Low Birth Rate in Italy and other European countries is causing concern about the overwhelming of the primary culture by immigrants, AND their higher birth rates.
Italian Region to Pay Women Not to Have Abortions
CNN June 3, 2010
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
•Italian region to pay women not
to have abortions
•Women would be from low-income families
•Authorities blame economic reasons
for abortions
•Critics call it short-term solution
Rome, Italy (CNN) -- A northern Italian
region has approved a measure to pay women from low-income families not
to have abortions.
Authorities from the Lombardy Region,
on Italy's border with Switzerland, approved the creation of a 5-million
euro ($6.1 million) fund aimed at providing help to low-income families,
the region said on its website this week.
The fund would grant about 4,500
euros ($5,500) a year to a woman who changes her mind about having an abortion
because of economic reasons. The woman would receive 250 euros ($306) a
month for 18 months, according to the site.
"We want to help the family, maternity,
and birth rate, removing the obstacles as much as possible, beginning with
those of an economic nature that make it more difficult to choose in favor
of life," said the region's president, Roberto Formigone.
The option of accepting the check
will be presented to women in abortion clinics during the consultations
they have prior to having an abortion, the site said. The region's health
department said economic reasons were the predominant reason that woman
have abortions.
Critics attacked the measure as "a
short-term solution to a long-term problem," according to Italian media.
The fund is called "Nasko," a play
on the Italian word "nasco," which roughly translates to "I'm being born."
About 128,000 abortions are performed
in Italy every year, according to the Italian Health Ministry. That compares
to 195,743 in England and Wales last year, according to the British Department
of Health, and 846,181 in the United States in 2006, according to the most
recent figures reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/
06/03/italy.abortions/?hpt=T2
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