Italy approves outpatient use for abortion pill Women in Italy can now use the abortion pill on an outpatient basis rather than be hospitalized to terminate a pregnancyROME -- Women in Italy can now use the abortion pill on an outpatient basis rather than be hospitalized to terminate a pregnancy. He said it was based on scientific evidence and was “an important step forward” in line with Italy’s 1978 law legalizing abortion. Previously, women in Italy had to admitted to the hospital to take mifepristone, which terminates a pregnancy by causing the embryo to detach from the uterine wall. Over the objections of the Catholic Church, Italy in 1978 legalized abortion and in 2009 approved the use of the abortion pill through the seventh week of gestation. Conservative lawmaker Giorgia Meloni blasted the new guidelines as a step back for women, saying the “do-it-yourself” abortion pill taken outside a hospital setting would deprive women of necessary psychological and medical care.

Source: ABC News August 08, 2020 19:07 UTC