Malta – Voice for Choice Coalition calls for decriminalisation of abortion after court judgement

The Voice for Choice Coalition described a suspended sentence handed to a woman who performed an abortion as a 'systemic state failure'

30 July 2025
by Matthew Farrugia

The Voice for Choice Coalition has called for the decriminalisation of abortion as it condemned the court’s judgement of a woman who had terminated her pregnancy.

On Wednesday, a 28-year-old admitted to having an abortion and was handed a 22-month prison term, suspended for two years.

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