Coscioni Association, law 40 on the PMA turns 20 - Last hour. Law 40 on Medically Assisted Procreation is 20 years old and there are approximately "14,000 children born per year after the elimination of unconstitutional prohibitions that the law provided for" In 2005 a popular referendum was promoted on the repeal of a large part of the bans.
The quorum was not reached but 80% of those who voted "chose to cancel the prohibitions on assisted fertilization and research on embryonic stem cells"