Today, September 28, marks the International Day for Safe Abortion: a right that the WHO unequivocally defines as an essential component of the right to health and whose absence violates a series of fundamental human rights.

Last year, with determination and with the goal of improving the conditions of women in the EU, I actively supported and shared – both in real life and digitally – the “My Voice My Choice” campaign for access to safe abortion. This initiative collected over 1.1 million signatures, becoming the fastest-growing EU petition in its history.

A quarter of the twenty-first century has passed, yet there are those who stubbornly insist on indoctrinating young minds: one might say it’s medieval, but that’s not quite the case. Teaching the Bible and introducing morning blessings in schools, in a changing world where new subjects and a rational approach to curricula are needed, is the latest outlandish idea of the Italian school system proposed by local “sovereignists.”

In the information age we live in, data travels incessantly through telecommunications systems. The internet plays a fundamental role in ensuring free access to the content we desire and in allowing us to express our opinions freely. However, the “big brother” — governments or corporations — seeks in every way to limit freedom online. Today, thanks to tools like TOR, it is possible to escape censorship and online tracking while maintaining anonymity.