Woman dies during abortion in Naples

(ANSA) - Naples, January 12 - A 20-year-old woman died on Tuesday while undergoing an elective abortion at the Cardarelli hospital in Naples.
    She suffered a haemorrhage during the procedure, hospital director Franco Paradiso told ANSA, adding that an internal investigation and autopsy had been ordered.
    The woman's relatives have complained to the police.
    Paradiso said that procedures appeared to have been followed correctly, and the woman had also received a transfusion but she went into hypovolemic shock due to blood loss.