Bonino biography

• Member of European Parliament for Italy
• Formerly one of Italy's two European Commissioners with responsibility for humanitarian affairs and fisheries

• Born 1948 in Bra, Italy
• Aged 24, campaigned for legalisation of abortion in Italy
• In 1976 elected to Italian Parliament, member of the Radical Party
• 1978 Abortion became legal in Italy
• 1979 became Member of European Parliament
• 1995 became European Commissioner for Italy - responsible for Humanitarian Aid and for Fisheries
• 1999 stood as candidate for President of Italy
• Re-elected as Member of European Parliament

Emma Bonino first became involved in politics because she wanted to change the law in Italy.

As a student she became pregnant, although she had been told she could never have children. She chose to have an abortion - which was illegal in Italy at the time, and was shocked by the hypo Dan Bongino - Wikipedia BIVA