BMJ  2005;330:1405 (18 June), doi:10.1136/bmj.330.7505.1405

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Italians fail to overturn restrictive reproduction law

Milan

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Only one Italian in four voted in the referendum last Sunday and Monday to modify the country's highly restrictive law on assisted reproduction. This number fell far short of the quorum of more than 50% needed to change the law.

The referendum posed several questions about the law, which was approved last year by the centre right government ( BMJ 2004;328: 9[Free Full Text]). It asked whether respondents wanted to lift the ban on the use of donated eggs and sperm, embryo research and freezing, and the fertilisation of more than three eggs at a time. It also asked whether doctors should continue to be obliged to implant into the womb immediately all embryos created by in vitro fertilisation (without the possibility of preimplantation diagnosis). Finally, it asked about cancelling the section of the law that defended the rights of all involved parties, including the embryo.

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