It is about time that we recognise that the country’s abortion legislation is not fit for purpose. After being ignored for 160 years Maltese abortion legislation requires to be brought in line with medical and scientific progress over the years. We do not require a half-baked reactive proposal but rather a proposal which addresses twenty-first century reality. During this week a group of local academics and some hangers-on have published a discussion paper which discusses government’s abortion proposal. The discussion paper is a negation of this journey and an attempt to change course, which attempt should be resisted.
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