Table 1.
Proportion of conscientious objectors and women who obtained a voluntary abortion promptly (≤14 days) or later (22-28 days): three comparisons
| Gyn. objectors % (n) |
Waiting time ≤ 14 days % (n) |
Waiting time 22-28 days % (n) |
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| Comparison (2006 vs 2009) proposed by the Italian Commitee for Bioethics | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2009 | changes | 2006 | 2009 | changes | 2006 | 2009 | changes | |
| Italy | 69.2 (3780) | 70.7 (3985) | ↑ | 56.7 (68217) | 59.3 (65919) | ↑ | 12.4 (14875) | 11.1 (12313) | ↓ |
| Latium | 77.7 (443) | 80.2 (315) | ↑ | 47.8 (7190) | 54.0 (7070) | ↑ | 17.2 (2584) | 13.3 (1738) | ↓ |
| Piedmont | 62.9 (285) | 63.8 (284) | ↑ | 51.1 (5635) | 60.1 (5705) | ↑ | 13.7 (1508) | 10.8 (1020) | ↓ |
| Lombardy | 68.6 (578) | 66.9 (560) | ↓ | 58.6 (12763) | 56.0 (9868) | ↓ | 11.3 (2463) | 11.5 (2024) | ↑ |
| Umbria | 70.2 (73) | 63.3 (62) | ↓ | 51.0 (1089) | 40.0 (754) | ↓ | 13.3 (284) | 19.0 (358) | ↑ |
| Emilia-Romagna | 53.5 (198) | 52.4 (205) | ↓ | 56.8 (6510) | 62.0 (6712) | ↑ | 11.1 (1274) | 8.3 (899) | ↓ |
| Comparison (2006 vs 2013) proposed by the Italian Ministry of Health | |||||||||
| 2006 | 2013 | 2006 | 2013 | 2006 | 2013 | ||||
| Italy | 69.2 (3780) | 70.0 (3481) | ↑ | 56.7 (68217) | 62.3 (61254) | ↑ | 12.4 (14875) | 10.2 (10013) | ↓ |
| Latium | 77.7 (443) | 80.7 (314) | ↑ | 47.8 (7190) | 54.0 (6020) | ↑ | 17.2 (2584) | 13.5 (1509) | ↓ |
| Piedmont | 62.9 (285) | 67.4 (269) | ↑ | 51.1 (5635) | 68.3 (5775) | ↑ | 13.7 (1508) | 7.4 (626) | ↓ |
| Lombardy | 68.6 (578) | 63.6 (565) | ↓ | 58.6 (12763) | 54.4 (8708) | ↓ | 11.3 (2463) | 13.5 (2157) | ↑ |
| Umbria | 70.2 (73) | 65.6 (63) | ↓ | 51.0 (1089) | 43.8 (717) | ↓ | 13.3 (284) | 17.6 (288) | ↑ |
| Emilia-Romagna | 53.5 (198) | 51.8 (231) | ↓ | 56.8 (6510) | 73.7 (6754) | ↑ | 11.1 (1274) | 4.8 (442) | ↓ |
| Comparison (2009 vs 2013) proposed by the authors | |||||||||
| 2009 | 2013 | 2009 | 2013 | 2009 | 2013 | ||||
| Italy | 70.7 (3985) | 70.0 (3481) | ↓ | 59.3 (65919) | 62.3 (61254) | ↑ | 11.1 (12313) | 10.2 (10013) | ↓ |
| Latium | 80.2 (315) | 80.7 (314) | ↑ | 54.0 (7070) | 54.0 (6020) | ≈ | 13.3 (1738) | 13.5 (1509) | ↑ |
| Piedmont | 63.8 (284) | 67.4 (269) | ↑ | 60.1 (5705) | 68.3 (5775) | ↑ | 10.8 (1020) | 7.4 (626) | ↓ |
| Lombardy | 66.9 (560) | 63.6 (565) | ↓ | 56.0 (9868) | 54.4 (8708) | ↓ | 11.5 (2024) | 13.5 (2157) | ↑ |
| Umbria | 63.3 (62) | 65.6 (63) | ↑ | 40.0 (754) | 43.8 (717) | ↑ | 19.0 (358) | 17.6 (288) | ↓ |
| Emilia-Romagna | 52.4 (205) | 51.8 (231) | ↓ | 62.0 (6712) | 73.7 (6754) | ↑ | 8.3 (899) | 4.8 (442) | ↓ |
Data refer to those cited in ‘The no correlation argument’ section of the paper and are an extract of data published in the 2012 opinion of the Italian Committee for Bioethics (2006 vs 2009) and in the 2015 Ministerial report (2006 vs 2013). ↑: the proportion increased; ↓: the proportion decreased; ≈: the proportion did not change