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Emma Bonino, Italian Abortion and Divorce Rights Leader, Dies at 78
Bonino led campaigns that helped legalize abortion and divorce in Italy and later served as a European Commissioner in Brussels.
- Emma Bonino, the Italian rights campaigner and founder of the +Europa party, died on Friday at age 78, her party announced. A prominent civil rights advocate, Bonino led campaigns that legalized abortion and divorce in Roman Catholic Italy.
- Bonino rose to prominence through the Radical Party, founded by mentor Marco Pannella, by promoting civil disobedience. In 1974, she turned her clandestine abortion into a public act of defiance, fueling the legalization of abortion in Italy in 1978.
- Appointed to the European Commission in 1994, Bonino became a colorful presence in Brussels, overseeing fisheries and humanitarian dossiers. She rejected gender categorization, stating, "I do not want and I do not think that we women are a category."
- Pope Francis made an unusual visit to Bonino's home in November 2024 following an acute health scare, underscoring her high standing despite ideological differences. She was hospitalized on Monday and moved out of intensive care Thursday before her death.
- Bonino founded the +Europa party in 2017 to promote European integration, though it won only two seats in the 2022 national polls. She told state broadcaster Rai in 2024, "I have been fighting for rights all my life, warning people to defend them, because they don't last forever.
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She died at 78 years of age from a tumor that had been fighting for a long time. Until the end, she kept the banner of liberal values high.
·Milan, Italy
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One of the most popular political figures in her country, died at the age of 78. She dedicated her life to many feminist and humanitarian causes, from the right to divorce to abortion.
·Paris, France
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Cedarnews.net. . She was European Fisheries Commissioner and came out in defense of Spain during the halibut crisis in 1995. She received in 1998 the Prince of Asturias Prize from. .
The former minister and former European Commissioner fought for half a century for civil rights, women and a freer Europe
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