This report documents the blocking of Women on Web (WoW) and Women Help Women (WHW) domains in Italy based on OONI data.
  • kbal@fedia.io
    401·
    14 hours ago

    So it took them twelve years from the time they introduced systematic website blocking — in a futile effort to protect copyright — to start blocking forbidden knowledge about women’s reproductive health. I wonder if that is faster or slower than average when it comes to making such progress.

    • Sibbo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      512·
      13 hours ago

      This is not about knowledge, it’s about providing access to abortion medicine to people who can’t legally abort in Italy.

    • PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      24·
      12 hours ago

      Even if an abortion seeker is within the 12 week gestational limit and has access to a local hospital, a doctor can turn them away on the basis of conscientious objection, which legally allows any doctor to deny a patient an abortion on moral grounds. In 2019, it was reported that 67% of Italian gynecologists were registered as conscientious objectors and multiple hospitals reported having a 100% conscientious objection rate. If a care seeker can find a doctor who is willing to perform an abortion, they must endure a 7-day waiting period between their initial request for an abortion and the procedure (which can push care seekers past the 12 week gestational limit).

      ‘It’s not as bad as one may think’. You’re right, it’s worse.