Activists call for abortion law reform ahead of Valletta rally

Activists gathered outside Mater Dei with a banner which read 'I came for care and ended up in court'

September 20, 2025
Times of Malta

A group of activists gathered outside Mater Dei Hospital on Saturday morning to highlight the injustice of the health and legal system after a woman who reported stomach cramps to health authorities was later charged in court for carrying out an abortion.

Holding a banner reading 'Ġejt għall-għajnuna u spiċċajt il-Qorti' (I came for care and ended up in court), the demonstration was organised by the Voice For Choice coalition ahead of the Abortion Rights March Rally, taking place on September 27 in Valletta.

Continued: https://timesofmalta.com/article/activists-call-abortion-law-reform-ahead-valletta-rally.1116528

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Malta – A doctor’s shocking necessity to ask patients to lie about their abortion

Pro-choice doctors urge women to lie after an abortion to avoid legal complications given that abortion is illegal and punishable by a prison sentence
3 August 2025
by Kurt Sansone

It is shocking when a doctor asks patients to lie but that is what pro-choice doctors are urging women to do when seeking medical assistance after an abortion.

The reason for such advice is for women to avoid legal complications given that abortion is illegal and punishable by a prison sentence.

Continued: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/136311/a_doctors_shocking_necessity_to_ask_patients_to_lie_about_their_abortion_

Malta – From Metsola to Bill 28: how politicians got talking on abortion

It was once a taboo subject in the political arena but 2022 saw abortion making it to the parliamentary agenda as Malta was cast in the international spotlight over its draconian anti-abortion law. Maya Dimitrijevic outlines the trajectory of the abortion debate

26 December 2022
by Maya Dimitrijevic

The tone for the abortion debate in 2022 was set early when Nationalist MEP Roberta Metsola signed the Simone Veil Pact just after becoming tEuropean parliament president.

The pact calls on signatories to preserve, promote and strengthen women’s rights at European, national and local level. It explicitly calls for guaranteed access to contraception and abortion.

Continued: https://www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/national/120443/looking_back_at_2022__from_metsola_to_bill_28_how_politicians_got_talking_on_abortion#.Y6nWPHbMK3A

Malta – ‘Nurses ready to quit if abortion is legalised’ – MUMN

By Jurgen Balzan
December 17, 2022

The Malta Union for Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) has claimed that it is informed that a number of nurses and midwives are ready to quit their jobs if abortion is legalised.

This comes as Parliament is currently discussing an amendment that would allow the termination of pregnancies when the woman’s life is at risk and when her health is in grave jeopardy. Government insists that such a legal amendment is necessary as under current laws doctors and women are liable to criminal prosecution if a pregnancy is terminated under any circumstance.

Continued: https://newsbook.com.mt/en/nurses-ready-to-quit-if-abortion-is-legalised-mumn/