Delia: PN will fight the battle against abortion

The Nationalist Party will fight strongly against the introduction of abortion, PN leader Adrian Delia promised on Sunday morning. This, he said, was not a fight which the party had picked but one which it would fight. Labour ministers when questioned last week had been non-committal and said a discussion should be held, he observed. Furthermore, in amendments to the law on domestic violence, the government while rightly improving the rights of victims, was removing a clause, which already existed, protecting the baby in the womb. Addressing Prime Minister Joseph Muscat directly, Dr Delia questioned the government’s intention on abortion, saying that this was not a matter that should be up for discussion but a basic principle. “My promise today is that no matter what is said or done, the PN will be speaking for the unborn child, to give this citizen a voice, one that nobody else can give,” the Opposition leader said. COURT ACTION AGAINST IDENTITY MALTA Dr Delia also announced that the party will be going to court in the coming days in an attempt to get hold of the list of eligible voters, which Identity Malta has yet to supply despite being obliged, by law, to do so through the...