Italy to vote on referendum whether to overturn Church ban on assisted fertility
Due to contraception and abortion, Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe. Now radical groups in Italy want to reverse the trend and increase births through a referendum that overturns laws restricting assisted fertility through illicit means banned by the Church.Hopefully, today and Monday the electorate will vote its conscience and recognize that a good end never justifies an evil means.
BBC News UK Edition
Last Updated: Sunday, 12 June, 2005, 03:45 GMT 04:45 UK
Italians vote on fertility laws
Italians are going to the polls on Sunday and Monday in a referendum that the Roman Catholic Church has asked them to boycott on moral grounds.
They are voting on proposals to ease controversial rules restricting assisted fertility. A 50% turnout is needed for the law to be changed.
Feelings are running high over the Church's right to influence people's political as well as moral choices.
The current law is among the most restrictive in Europe.
It was passed by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government last year.
Women's groups and Italy's Radical Party have collected four million signatures to force the referendum on whether to ease the rules.
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