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Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Ashifa Kassam in Madrid

Italy accused of scrapping safe abortion guarantee from G7 declaration

Young men and women, some with banners ,protesting in front of Colosseum
Activists in Rome defending abortion rights in May. Accessing a safe abortion in Italy is difficult, with most gynaecologists refusing to perform one. Photograph: Matteo Nardone/Pacific Press/Rex/Shutterstock

Giorgia Meloni’s government has been accused of scrapping a reference guaranteeing access to “safe and legal” abortions in the text of the G7 summit’s final declaration.

Citing sources from G7 member delegations, the Italian media reported on Thursday that a sidebar clause on abortion rights had been left out of a last draft of the final declaration circulated on Wednesday.

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