Malta
Valletta (Malta) (AFP) - Malta's health minister said Thursday he had ordered a review of how the country's abortion ban was applied, after the treatment of a pregnant American tourist sparked headlines worldwide. "I have asked our staff to see whether we have parts of our law which preclude our doctors from giving treatment where it is needed in any instance," Chris Fearne told reporters. It was the first public comment by a Maltese government minister since the case of US tourist Andrea Prudente last week shone a spotlight on Malta's total ban on terminations. She suffered a partial miscarri...
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Rome (AFP) - A pregnant American woman who suffered heavy bleeding while on holiday on Malta but was denied an abortion has flown to Spain where she is "out of harm's way", her partner said Friday. Andrea Prudente, 38, and Jay Weeldreyer, 45, were told their baby had no chance of surviving but, despite her fear of deadly infection, doctors refused to intervene due to Malta's total ban on terminations. "Medical evacuation got us safely to Spain where Andrea is out of harm's way and finally receiving the medical care and treatment denied her in Malta," Weeldreyer said in a text message to AFP. A...
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