Italians may risk jail for raising vegan kids

If parliamentarian Elvira Savino has her way, Italian parents who insist on a vegan diet for their children will risk up to four years in jail.

Savino, from the conservative Forza Italia party, has put forward a law that would hold parents legally responsible for feeding their children on “a diet devoid of elements essential for healthy and balanced growth”.

“I have nothing against vegans or veganism as long as it is a free choice by adults,” she said after presenting the law in the lower house Chamber of Deputies.