Have you heard about the controversy surrounding the spot on Law 194 and the idea of airing it on the eve of March 8th? The Law 194 allows for voluntary termination of pregnancy. You are free to choose,” “We do not understand how remembering this freedom can sound like an offense.” These are notes in the margins of the debates surrounding the Law 194 spot and the idea of airing it on the eve of March 8th.
“Informing about rights is not ideology”: Let’s take note of this
The campaign has become a sponsored spot by Pubblicità Progresso, broadcasted by Rai (as well as by Mediaset, Sky, and La7) and which Maria Rachele Ruiu (Pro Vita e Famiglia onlus) rightfully asked to suspend from the public broadcaster. Scandal and gnashing of teeth from promoters and advertising agency Hub09: the campaign, they repeat with studied candor, lists 12 laws and regulations protecting women (from equal pay laws to the Red Code), “informing about rights is not ideology.”
Given the facts, three observations on a delicate and complex topic. The first. “We do not understand how remembering this freedom can sound like an offense,” repeats Onofri. The same question we asked feminists and the Democratic Party when the removal of the Pro Vita poster was ordered, which reminded us that it is eleven weeks from conception, branded as “offensive of a state law and women’s freedom of choice.” Or the one, similar to the spot, that reminded “Abortion is the leading cause of femicide in the world”: “Misrepresentation,” “Moreover, equating women’s rights with violence like femicide is the most disgusting thing that can be done,” accused Monica Cirinnà regarding misrepresentations.
There is more of Law 194 in the Pro Vita posters than in the March 8th spot
Given the facts, three observations on a delicate and complex topic. The first. “We do not understand how remembering this freedom can sound like an offense,” repeats Onofri. The same question we asked feminists and the Democratic Party when the removal of the Pro Vita poster was ordered, which reminded us that it is eleven weeks from conception, branded as “offensive of a state law and women’s freedom of choice.” Or the one, similar to the spot, that reminded “Abortion is the leading cause of femicide in the world”: “Misrepresentation,” “Moreover, equating women’s rights with violence like femicide is the most disgusting thing that can be done,” accused Monica Cirinnà regarding misrepresentations.
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Two. “We do not understand how remembering this freedom can sound like an offense.” If we consider abortion as a right acquired with Law 194, the problem arises when we move from words like “freedom,” “choice,” “women’s rights” to the offended party, the conceived, another individual, as science assures.
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Three. “We do not understand how remembering this freedom can sound like an offense.” It is a good observation, especially when Onofri adds: “Offensive are the lack of protections provided by the law even for those who seek help to carry a pregnancy to term.” What were they doing then with Non Una Di Meno Torino and Rete + di 194 Voci at the protests against the Fondo Vita Nascente promoted by the Piedmont Region?
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Therefore, it is offensive to see the hysterical reactions (“right to abortion dismantled,” “noose tightening around women’s freedom,” “another campaign against self-determination,” “institutionalized violence”) of women for the freedom of choice – to abort, not to keep a child – in front of initiatives that “do not take a euro away from abortion, do not leave it to pro-lifers, operate according to the dictates of Law 194,” as explained by Claudio Larocca, president of Cav Rivoli and FederviPa (Federation of Movements for Life and Help Centers for Life in Piedmont and Valle d’Aosta) to Tempi.
