Doctors Warn That Abortion Sentence Risks The Lives Of Women In Malta

Minister responsible for legislating the criminalisation of abortion says women shouldn't go to prison for abortion - The Maltese Herald

The Junior Minister responsible for legislating a law that sends women to prison over abortions, the Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality Rebecca Buttigieg said that women shouldn’t go to prison over abortion. She was commenting about a case in which a woman was handed a 22-month suspended jail sentence for having an abortion at home with abortion pills she bought online. The reason the Minister supported legislation she personally d…

Doctors Warn That Abortion Sentence Risks The Lives Of Women In Malta

Maltese NGO Doctors For Choice has warned that the suspended sentence handed to a woman who had an abortion puts the lives of women who can get pregnant at serious risk. Doctors Isabel Stabile and Natalie Psaila told Lovin Malta that the fear of legal repercussions – now emboldened by this sentencing – deters women from seeking medical help after undergoing an abortion. The consequences of this can be fatal. “This is a real problem because 600 w…