As I commented to my own blog entry (see The Ravages of Naples) regarding the outcry to the outrageous stampede of police officers into a hospital room in Naples where an entirely legal abortion was being performed, the reaction has been absolutely unprecedented. The LAW 194, passed in 1978, has been unequivocally supported by nearly every politician from the (very Cathollic) President on down the line. Women took to the streets, and the episode has been bantered about in salons across the boot.
Of course, the only dissidents being those closest to the Church.