Controversy at the beginning of the legislature: Gasparri and the "divisive" bill on the legal capacity of the unborn child

There is still no government, the legislature has just begun and one of the most heated battlegrounds between the majority and the opposition is already looming: the promotion of

, which aim to discourage the use of

as much as possible .

A theme, on which already from the electoral campaign there had been several signs, regarding the attention that the center-right majority would have reserved to the question.

On "principled" issues, the rights and freedoms of individuals have always been an issue on which political opposition risks leading to an "ideological" battle, in which the work of mediation and the hope of finding an agreement become more difficult bipartisan tapers strongly.

That these were topics that were deeply felt by the majority forces is nothing new today: the premier

in recent months has never lost an opportunity to reiterate that the policies for the family, to reverse the trend on the decline in births and set up its government action on

policies

would be placed at the center of his agenda for Palazzo Chigi.

But, in fact, while waiting for the executive to be formed and the minister for the family to take office (we are talking about

, MEP of the League close to the new president of the Chamber, Lorenzo Fontana), there are already some signs should be read and interpreted in this sense.

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Maurizio Gasparri (Forza Italy)

The Gasparri bill on the legal capacity of the child

One of these is the presentation (or, better, re-presentation) to the Senate of the

signed by

, which aims to

, therefore even before birth, as currently envisaged by the Civil Code.

The opposition, from the Democratic Party to the Left to the 5S, immediately raised their shields, with the first to define the initiative as "unprecedented" and "anti-abortion".

Furthermore, the provision would be "aggravated" by another text, parallel and always first signed by Gasparri, with which it is proposed to

.

For his part, the senator of Forza Italia, who also presented the

, he later explained that he did not want to enter into controversy, clarifying that it is a bill presented at the beginning of the previous legislature and that the bill corresponds to “a moral legacy of Carlo Casini, founder of the Movement for Life.

But so far no one had noticed it… ".

Gasparri also wanted to clarify that his bill "

, even in the part of assistance to women", so that the choice "is not an obligatory choice".

Small, useful clarification.

Article 1 of the Civil Code prescribes: “Legal capacity is acquired from the moment of birth.

The rights that the law recognizes in favor of the conceived are subordinated to the event of birth ".

The bill of the blue senator provides for the recognition of legal capacity before birth, already at the moment of conception.

“My goal - added Maurizio Gasparri - is to open a discussion on the subject of abortion, motherhood, life”.