Adrian Vassallo brands liberals 'pigs' and slams IVF

Labour MP Adrian Vassallo this evening hit out at the IVF Bill and branded liberals as 'pigs,' saying he was doing so because he had been described as a conservative 'dinosaur'. Speaking in Parliament, Dr Vassallo confirmed that he would vote against the Bill on second reading, but would vote in favour of amendments which the Opposition would move. Dr Vassallo said that many people thought that IVF was about using the egg of a woman and the seed of a man, mixing them up, implanting the embryo and, hey presto, a baby was born nine months later. Alas, matters were not so simple. Few would argue about the end result, but the issue was about the means. The process involved the implantation of several embryos with the hope that one would develop. This was not a natural process and in many cases, life which started in the dish or the test tube died. Now much was being said about a new process - vitrification (the freezing of the woman's egg). However a report by US experts said that a more cautious tone was needed. Ovary freezing was not some miracle which was always successful. Experts said that "the rush into vitrification has probably been immature." Yet Malta wanted to introduce...