Malta

“Abortion on health grounds to be allowed but only if medical complication can lead to woman’s death as government climbs down from previous wider interpretation • New amendments to Bill 28 unveiled In short: New abortion amendments to Bill 28 https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/123603/abortion_for_health_reasons_only_if_woman_risks_death_in_new_government_proposal

23/06/2022 “Andrea Prudente, who was on holiday in Gozo when she began to miscarry, was denied the procedure due to the country’s total ban” https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jun/23/us-woman-denied-abortion-in-malta-flies-to-spain-for-termination-andrea-prudente

2021/07/01 “If accessing abortion in countries where it’s criminalised wasn’t hard enough before the pandemic, lockdowns and COVID-19 travel restrictions have made the process that much more difficult. In fact, the issue became so pronounced at the start of the pandemic that the European parliament and the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights called…

01/07/2021 If accessing abortion in countries where it’s criminalised wasn’t hard enough before the pandemic, lockdowns and COVID-19 travel restrictions have made the process that much more difficult. https://theconversation.com/why-it-is-vital-to-decriminalise-abortion-the-case-of-malta-163679

27/05/2021 “A proposal to decriminalize abortion in Malta has stirred up a polarized debate in the country with the strictest abortion laws in the European Union” https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/proposal-decriminalize-abortion-prompts-debate-malta-77935437