Giorgia Meloni proposes to financially help women with difficulties who reject abortion

The Government of Giorgia Meloni, president of the Council of Ministers of Italy, has proposed the “Maternity Income” Bill to financially help women who reject abortion.

This initiative, promoted from Forza Italia led by politician Maurizio Gasparri, offers aid of 1,000 euros for five years to Italian women who decide to continue with their pregnancy despite their financial difficulties.

The project aims to reduce abortions motivated by the economic conditions of mothers under the protection of article 5 of Italian law 194.

Gasparri specified that this is “not only moral, but also economic” support for women who decide not to end the life of their children in the womb. “Let’s defend life!” She wrote on her social network profile X when announcing the measure.

Likewise, the proposal – which will be presented next week – provides for an increase of 50 euros per month starting with the second child and 100 euros up to the age of 18 in the event that the child has a disability.

For its financing, a maternity income fund will be created with 600 million euros annually starting this year and mothers who wish to apply for it must have an Indicator of Equivalent Economic Situation (ISEE) of less than 15,000 euros and be Italian citizens residing in the country.

Please note that Giorgia Meloni approved a package of measures to stop abortion in the country last April.

Among these measures, the Italian Parliament allowed volunteers from pro-life associations access to abortion centers to guarantee assistance to mothers who wish to abort their unborn children.

Abortion was legalized in Italy in 1978, under Law 194a law that Meloni has promised not to change, although she affirms that her pro-life measures aim to “guarantee women the possibility of choosing an alternative, offering an active role for public institutions in order to remove the economic causes that can push a woman to abort.”