Malta – Don’t use disability to slam abortion, activist tells pro-lifers

‘Not in my name’: Lara Calleja challenges use of disability in arguments against abortion

30 September 2026
by Juliana Zammit

Author and activist Lara Calleja has called for disabled people to be included more in the abortion debate, saying disability is often used in arguments against abortion.

“Not in my name”, Calleja told MaltaToday, objecting to the use of disabled people as an argument against abortion.

She said people sought abortions for many different reasons and emphasised that disabled people needed to be part of that discussion themselves.

Continued: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/144696/dont_use_disability_to_slam_abortion_activist_tells_prolifers


Malta – Joanna Delia: ‘Nobody can take your kidney, but the state controls the uterus’

Abortion is already happening in Malta despite being illegal, says Joanna Delia of Doctors for Choice. She tells Juliana Zammit what the law does is force women to hide and doctors to wait as politicians play the game of populism with women’s lives

27 September 2026
by Juliana Zammit
Video – 30 minutes (in Maltese but YouTube link has English closed captions. Transcript below is an excerpt)

Abortion is banned in Malta, yet Joanna Delia says, the debate around it is still framed as the woman against the foetus—a contest over who carries more value. But for Delia, a doctor with Doctors for Choice, this is not an abstract argument; it is a daily encounter with women in crisis.

One in four women in the world has an abortion once in her life, Delia says. In Malta, she says, the number of women ordering abortion pills online rose 11% last year alone. Doctors for Choice figures show 667 women received pills in 2025, up from 590 in 2024.

Continued; https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/interview/144631/watch__joanna_delia_nobody_can_take_your_kidney_but_the_state_controls_the_uterus_