{"id":280955,"date":"2022-12-05T08:42:32","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=280955"},"modified":"2022-12-04T00:01:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T06:01:55","slug":"doctors-oppose-pro-abortion-amendment-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/doctors-oppose-pro-abortion-amendment-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 450 doctors oppose proposed pro-abortion amendment in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/malta-pro-life-moves-make-abortion-legal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news broke<\/a> that Malta, one of the last pro-life countries in Europe, is set to consider relaxing its laws protecting preborn children. Pro-abortion lawmakers are seeking to add an amendment allowing abortion when a woman&#8217;s life or health is at risk, even though induced abortion \u2014 the intentional killing of a preborn child \u2014 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5TmomK2RB2A&amp;t=122s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">never medically necessary<\/a>. Over 450 doctors have now spoken out opposing the amendment.<\/p>\n<p>One Maltese news outlet\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsbook.com.mt\/en\/over-450-doctors-sign-petition-against-abortion-amendment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the non-governmental organization Doctors for Life warned that the amendment could open the door to legal abortion on demand in Malta, a concern echoed by a group of academics.\u00a0Part of their concern is that the inclusion of abortion for a woman&#8217;s &#8220;health&#8221; has been used in other countries like the United Kingdom to include <em>mental<\/em> health, essentially allowing abortion for any reason. For legitimate mental health issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/doctorsforlifemalta.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doctors for Life<\/a> said the focus should be on providing psychiatric care, <em>not<\/em> induced abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5TmomK2RB2A\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>URGENT:\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/give.liveaction.org\/future-of-abortion\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_campaign=minibomb\"><b><i>For every dollar given, 34 more people can be reached with the truth about abortion. Will you join us in this life-saving work as a monthly donor today?<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis terminology is too vague and unfortunately has led to the introduction of abortion on demand in numerous countries, starting from the UK in 1967,\u201d Doctors for Life said. \u201cThis is due to the holistic definition of the word \u2018health\u2019, which encompasses mental health and wellbeing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The academics proposed a different amendment, which would state that <em>no crime is committed when a preborn child dies due to a medical intervention that aims to save the life of the mother<\/em>. These standard interventions, including induced preterm labor and emergency C-sections, are not abortions. Doctors for Life agreed that this amendment is preferable.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;[C]urrent psychiatric medications include several options that are relatively safe in pregnancy, and local specialists provide an excellent perinatal mental health service ensuring a high level of care for pregnant women,\u201d they said. \u201cDoctors for Life strongly urges the government not to confuse abortion with psychiatric care or community support.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Maltese President George Vella <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/malta-president-resign-abortion-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently said<\/a> he would resign rather than sign the abortion amendment into law.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pledge.liveaction.org\/?utm_source=lan&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=prolife_pledge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-277267 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pledge-live-action-ad-970x250-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, news broke that Malta, one of the last pro-life countries in Europe, is set to consider relaxing its laws protecting preborn children. Pro-abortion lawmakers are seeking to add an amendment allowing abortion when a woman&#8217;s life or health is at risk, even though induced abortion \u2014 the intentional killing of a preborn child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":280107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[5,3473,11],"tags":[10370,10221],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Over 450 doctors oppose proposed pro-abortion amendment in Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Doctors for Life has spoken out against a proposed pro-abortion amendment in Malta that could allow abortion on demand throughout pregnancy.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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