"Italian bishops’ newspaper publishes letter supporting pro-abortion law"

"A Catholic newspaper owned by the Italian bishops published an article supporting Italy’s pro-abortion law.

The left-leaning Avvenire, founded in 1968, astonished and angered Italian Catholics on Friday when it published a defense of Law 194. Established in 1978, Italy’s 1978 Law 194 legalized abortion on demand up to 12 weeks, allowing later abortions for unborn babies with disabilities. However, it also protects the conscience rights of medical professionals who object to the practice.

Italy’s abortion regulations were recently changed when the Minister of Health permitted at-home, self-administered abortions with abortion pills, a dangerous practice that critics believe trivialize the death of the child.

To add his voice to the at-home abortion debate, Angelo Moretti, the director of the Catholic Caritas charity in the Diocese of Benevento, sent a long letter to Avvenire stating that Law 194 can be accepted by Catholics and that it should be followed 'in its entirety.'

' … Law 194 is not a law against life and it can be accepted by Catholics,' Moretti wrote."