ITALY: ITALIAN PRESS BREAKS SILENCE ON CONTRACEPTION AND WOMEN BUY THE PILL.

Record ID: 183943

  • Title: ITALY: ITALIAN PRESS BREAKS SILENCE ON CONTRACEPTION AND WOMEN BUY THE PILL.
  • Date: 18th August 1968
  • Summary: NEWS KIOSKS WITH PEOPLE READING MAGAZINES AND STORIES ON THE PILL; GIRL IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE; WOMAN BUYS PILL; WOMAN OPENS BOX OF PILLS. Initials PW/V/AS/SC Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 2nd September 1968 13:00
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  • Location: ROME, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVAD1ID7LGK532DIGRQMT0YA02T
  • Story Text: AS A RESULT OF THE POPE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA ON BIRTH CONTROL, ITALIAN NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINES ARE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, DISCUSSING THE USE OF THE PILL AND OTHER METHODS OF CONTRACEPTION. MEANWHILE, THE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL IS ON SALE IN ITALIAN CHEMISTS' SHOPS AND IS NOW BEING SOLD OPENLY.

    AFTER THEIR EARLY COVERAGE OF THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL, THE ITALIAN PRESS IS NOW FEATURING HEADLINE STORIES ABOUT THE PILL, THEREBY BREAKING A TRADITIONAL SILENCE ON THE SUBJECT. AND ITALIANS, UNUSED TO SEEING THE PROBLEM DISCUSSED, ARE FLOCKING TO THE NEWSSTANDS TO READ ABOUT IT.

    AND, DESPITE THE POPE'S RULING THAT CATHOLICS SHOULD USE NO FORM OF CONTRACEPTION, SALES OF THE PILL IN ITALY ARE HIGH.

    THE FREEDOM OF DISCUSSION IS MAKING THE PURCHASE OF THE CONTRACEPTION PILL A MORE ACCEPTABLE AFFAIR.
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