Italian abortion law could be revised, says minister

Italy’s law permitting abortion might be up for revision, an Italian Cabinet minister suggested, after a Vatican-backed voter boycott this week helped defeat efforts to ease restrictions on assisted procreation and embryo research.

“Today’s Italy has proven to be different from that of yesterday, more attentive to the values of the Catholic tradition,” Regional Affairs Minister Enrico La Loggia was quoted as saying in an interview published today in the newspaper La Stampa.