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The living cannot decide others may not enjoy right to live - pro-life groups

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Not allowing an abortion is not inhuman or degrading treatment or discrimination, they argued. File photo

It would be selfish of those who are already born to decide that others may not enjoy the right to life, the Life Network Malta and the Malta Unborn Child Platform said on Tuesday. The two groups were reacting to a judicial protest filed on Monday by a group of 135 doctors asking for a review of Malta's blanket ban on abortion care. The doctors filed their protest after an American woman had her request to terminate a non-viable pregnancy turned down by the Maltese health authorities. Andrea Prudente, 38, was 16 weeks pregnant when she began bleeding profusely and was told by doctors that the pregnancy was no longer viable. Her US health insurance deemed the situation life-threatening and last week flew her out to Mallorca for the procedure. Prudente and her partner said on Tuesday they intend to sue the Maltese government for “the heartbreaking ordeal” they had to go through. In their statement, the two pro-life groups said it is not true that the fact that Malta does not allow abortion violates fundamental rights. “Contrary to what is written in the protest, the European Convention on Human Rights does not recognise any fundamental right to abortion. No ruling by the European...


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