RU486 approved for use in Italy despite Vatican protests

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h85MiBB6-mADI00WE27M-BUf-LYwD99PH98G1

RU-486 abortion drug to be allowed in Italy
By ALESSANDRA RIZZO (AP) – 2 hours ago

ROME — Italy has approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486, capping years of debate and defying opposition from the Vatican, which warned of immediate excommunication for doctors prescribing the pill and for women who use it.

The pill is already available in a number of other European countries. Its approval by Italy's drug regulation authorities was praised by women's groups and pro-choice organizations, which say the pill will provide women with an additional, noninvasive procedure.

It drew the immediate protest of the Catholic Church, which opposes abortion and contraception.

"That's not how you alleviate human suffering, that's not how you help women, that's not how you help mankind," Monsignor Elio Sgreccia, a senior church bioethicist, said in an interview Friday with Associated Press Television News.

[bettyellen]

1. wow, and italy has one of the lowest birthrates in europe, LOL, if not the world...

those guys gotta get their collective shit together no doubt.

[Union Yes]

2. Barefoot n pregger- The Catholic way!

[redqueen]

3. How is that limited to only the Catholic brand of Christianity? (nt)

[Union Yes]

5. Not limited to. This article pertains to the CC's opposition to RU-486.

I already know full well what the Evangelicals and all the other right wing whack denomitions think of RU-486.

They all want women BF n Preg.

Peace

[LiberalFighter]

4. The Pope needs to protest by refusing to step foot on Italian land. Or breathing their air.

[silverweb]

6. Good.

Time for the Vatican to realize it does not rule Italy... or any other nation, for that matter.