A member of the Pontifical Academy for Life who has previously expressed support for abortion rights addressed the academy’s plenary assembly in Rome on the theme of “The Economics of Healthcare for All”.
Mariana Mazzucato, an economist appointed to the academy in October 2022, delivered a 15-minute intervention on 16 February at the Pontifical Patristic Institute Augustinianum, where the academy’s plenary assembly was held from 16 to 17 February. The meeting was structured around four plenary sessions: the first examined key questions; the second, in which Mazzucato took part, was devoted to “Fundamental Ethical Principles”; the third, on 17 February, was titled “A Comparison of Approaches”; and the fourth considered “Perspectives”.
