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Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy (IVG)

Surgical operation carried out by a specialist aimed at removing the product of conception, terminating the pregnancy period. The IVG must be carried out under the expressed will of the woman within the first 90 days from fertilisation. The IVG can in addition be carried out for therapeutic reasons after the first 90 days of pregnancy when the pregnancy itself or the child delivery imply a serious danger for the life of the woman or if there are relevant anomalies or malformations that have been detected in the unborn child, that could determine a serious danger for the physical or psychological health of the woman (Law 194/78).

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