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Malta Is Discussing Abortion, And This Is What People Are Actually Saying

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After the Women’s Rights Foundation emerged with recommendations for the legalisation of abortion in front of Parliament recently, everyone from the church to the man in the street is having their say. The views are varied in a changing Malta that is torn between religious morality and a modern European perspective. 

Two women’s rights organisations have come out as pro-choice

And a few women have spoken up publicly

Even though others called out the shaming of women who do so 

Some men have publicly given their support to the pro-choice camp

Both major political party leaders reiterated their anti-abortion stance

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Calling out the “false moralism” that he saw this week, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said he had always been and remained against abortion. He said he was content to see a discussion about the topic, just as he was content to see discussions on other “uncomfortable” issues, like IVF and rent regulation.

PN leader Adrian Delia upped the ante, saying there was nothing to discuss and accused the government of leaving the door open to abortion

Which was applauded by those in the anti-abortion camp

And Bishop Mario Grech said that arguments in favour of abortion were fake news

And pro-life groups sounded the alarm

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Other well-known people also came out as pro-life

One of the main pro-choice campaigners said that threats wouldn’t stop her

And others still tried to find common ground even though it was a tough moral question 

Do you think Malta should legalise abortion?

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Johnathan is an award-winning Maltese journalist interested in social justice, politics, minority issues, music and food. Follow him at @supreofficialmt on Instagram, and send him news, food and music stories at [email protected]

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