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Italy Elections Focus on Abortion as April Polling Date Gets Closer
Rome, Italy (LifeNews.com) -- Abortion is an election issue in Italy for the first time in 25 years and politicians there are putting the abortion issue front and center in their campaigns. The elections take place on April 9 and 10 and the results could affect legislation on abortion, trials of the RU 486 abortion drug and the direction of the nation's bioethics laws. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is making a concerted effort to appeal to Catholic voters who take the Church's pro-life views seriously. He's said he's going to abstain from having sex until after the elections. But Romano Prodi's moderate-liberal coalition is using a morality and religious-based message as well to appeal to voters. Both campaigns are making abortion advocates in the European nation worry about the direction of the country. Legalized in 1978, abortion is a central issue and though it is legal it is sometimes difficult for women to have abortions. Doctors in Italy are increasingly opting against performing abortions, according to a BBC News report. The British news agency reported on the case of one woman who wanted an abortion who flew to Spain for it after 10 doctors told her they would not perform it. In addition, a hospital in the city of Bergamo has allowed a local pregnancy help group to set up shop inside and it frequently helps women choose abortion alternatives. Read the complete story.

First India Doctor Jailed Under Law on Showing Unborn Baby's Gender
Haryana, India (LifeNews.com) -- A doctor in India has been jailed after revealing the sex of an unborn child via an ultrasound to officials conducting a sting investigation. This is the first time a physician has been convicted under a new law preventing revealing a baby's gender that is an attempt to stop sex-selection abortions and infanticides of female babies. Dr Anil Sabhani, and his assistant, Kartar Singh, in the northern state of Haryana, will face two years in prison for violating the new law. Local authorities sent fake patients to his clinic after reports surfaced showing he was violating the statute. Indian authorities found that he told one woman patient that she had a girl unborn child. He promised her he would "take care of it" meaning he would perform an abortion. India banned the use of ultrasound to reveal the gender of an unborn baby for non-medical purposes after officials saw the extent of its use to foster abortions and infanticides. Read the complete story.