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Present Day Italy
No Place for Strict Divorce Laws
Italy has always been a very conservative country in regards to the rest of Europe. ... However, despite the great opposition of the Church, Italy in recent years has been creeping toward an increasingly secularized society and liberal society. At the forefront of this social shift is the divorce debate. Since its legalization in 1970 the laws on divorce have struggled to become stronger and in recent years achieved drastic changes in making the divorce process a much quicker, less painful one for all the families involved. The laws on divorce are moving consistently with the changing times in Italy, and serve as a way to help expedite and already stressful and agonizing situation.
When in 1970 the Italian government passed the law on divorce it was during the time that many other social reforms were being set in place. For example, the abolition of the dowry in 1975, the legalization of abortion in 1978, and new parity laws that allowed women the same rights as men in the workplace. The divorce laws, like these other laws, struggled against great opposition during its first four years of existence until the law was confirmed in a referendum in 1974. ... Originally the time that a couple needed to endure between requesting a legal separation and then receiving a final divorce was five years. ... In 1987 the period between separation and divorce was reduced to only three years. ... 2) There is no need to drag the couple through the long agonizing divorce process. Even right- winger Alessandra Mussolini, the granddaughter of the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, proclaimed “divorce, at times, is a salvation because it interrupts a spiral of hate and terror even for children.
Approximate Word count = 1339
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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