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Heart and Soul: Malta: The island where abortion is a crime

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Malta: The island where abortion is a crime

08/01/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Heart and Soul, Malta: The island where abortion is a crime

Sophia Smith Galer explores the strength of feeling around abortion in Malta

Sophia Smith Galer explores the strength of feeling around abortion in Malta.

Malta is the last country in Europe to still criminalise abortion. A majority Catholic country, prior to Covid-19 Malta was due a visit from the Pope. While a pro-choice movement is increasingly emerging in the country, the Maltese political sphere on virtually all sides is anti-abortion. Doctors for Choice, a group of pro-choice medical professionals, was set up last year and they have received major criticism in the country – with hundreds of doctors writing a letter in response in support of what they call pro-life laws and treatments.
 
We speak to the doctors and activists trying to prompt debate in a country that has historically avoided it – and why anti-abortion politicians and doctors are proud that Malta is, as they see it, Europe’s defender of Catholic values.
 
Producer/presenter: Sophia Smith Galer

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