Dorina Bianchi (born 3 June 1966) is an Italian medic and politician.
Political activity
Graduated in medicine and surgery, a neuroradiologist by profession, she was born in Pisa to Calabrian parents. She has always lived in Calabria, but due to her political activity, she is now divided between Rome and Crotone.[1]
In the 2006 elections she therefore ran for the Chamber of Deputies on The Olive Tree list in Calabria, and she was re-elected. She is a candidate in the primary elections of the Democratic Party in 2007 and is elected in the national constituent assembly of the party.
On 12 February 2009 she was elected leader of the Democratic Party group in the Hygiene and Health Commission of the Senate to replace Ignazio Marino, known for his secular positions on end-of-life matters. During the parliamentary debate on the living will, Bianchi repeatedly invoked freedom of conscience in view of the vote on the Calabrò bill on advance declarations of treatment, arousing much criticism from party colleagues. She also expressed herself in favor of the fact-finding investigation on the use of the RU486 pill, in disagreement with the rest of the party. Her appointment as group leader in the Health Committee was criticized in the Assembly of the Circles of the PD for the minority positions carried out during her mandate.[2]
