Tag: Abortion
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My Voice, My Choice collects 1 Million signatures for safe abortion petition: Malta reaches threshold of 4,230 Signatures
The pan-European women’s group that advocates for safe abortion practices and women’s reproductive rights, called “My Voice, My Choice” has collected enough signatures to kickstart a European Union process to consider new legislation. The group has collected up to 1 million signatures from various EU member states. The petition is calling for the introduction of…
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Veiled women in għonnella walk Valletta streets in silent protest for abortion rights
In a striking act of symbolic protest, a group of women walked silently through the streets of Valletta on Wednesday, dressed in traditional Maltese garments, including the iconic għonnella, a long-lost headpiece that historically signified both modesty and visibility. The procession was part of a demonstration organised by the Voice for Choice coalition to mark…
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Adding sugar to government failures
I was harshly criticised for my criticism of the Malta Gay Rights Movement in the event of its support to the government’s sponsored Euro Pride events. Hopefully, this latest news story brings more perspective to the issue. Parliamentary Secretary for Reforms and Equality Rebecca Buttigieg is pro-choice, yet she supported the Labour government’s reform to…
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Of all things, Moviment Graffitti was censored for distributing abortion pamphlets
Moviment Graffitti has been making some outlandish statements lately regarding international affairs, but of all things, they were censored by the University Students’ Council at the University of Malta for distributing abortion pamphlets. You can see the pamphlet below. I’m not going to say what has already been said in the press, and of course…
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Expect Labour to fight the Nationalist Party on abortion
As Labour struggles to survive in power, it will opportunistically use the abortion issue against the Nationalist Party as effectively as it can. This is one of the major issues over which the Nationalist Party will lose votes to third candidates making its potential electoral victory even more difficult. The Nationalist Party should aim for…
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We don’t talk about that
The Nationalist Party has so far been unreactive to the Labour Party’s unsurprising announcements that it favours “discussions” about abortions, after repeatedly scuttling proposed amendments that would have improved women’s safety and increased access to birth-control services. Abortion will be Labour’s new issue to attract the moderate and young electorate during the next general election.…
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PN Queen of Posturing Eve Borg Bonnello: from pro-choice to pro-life (to pro-choice again)
Following this online incident, Eve Borg Bonnello’s friends (or ex-friends for that matter), are coming to speak to me about political history and my gut feeling was right all along about her. Apparently, Eve Borg Bonnello was a very typical teenager with typical Gen Z liberal ideas, and she was also vehemently pro-choice. When she…
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Labour to decriminalise abortion in attempt to bring back liberals
Robert Abela twice rejected a proposal to decriminalise abortion: once by independent MP Marlene Farrugia and the other time by the women’s lobby when reforms were proposed after the Andrea Prudente case. Now, the Labour Party’s internal strategists want the Party to propose an abortion-decriminalisation-bill in an attempt to disrupt PN and bring back some…
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I’m grateful to David Casa for fighting for journalistic freedoms, but the fight for freedom should not be selective
I’ve recieved a lot of criticism on my article about David Casa and this is a srot of reply to the criticism. Of course, I’m grateful to him for fighting for journalistic freedoms and for keeping up his fight for rule of law despite the constant attacks he recieved and even a conspiracy against him…
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I find Maltese gay men who vote against abortion reprehensible and repulsive
Gay men have been victims of discrimination, harassment and abuse for years on end for their sexuality. They lived secret lives in shame and could never express themselves freely without getting mocked and beaten to a pulp by other men. I was one of those who at a very young age used to attend Malta’s…
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The Labour Party’s MEPs vote against a resolution on including the right to abortion in the EU Fundamental Rights Charter
Yesterday, the Socialists & Democrats in the European Parliament presented a resolution to include the right to abortion in the EU Fundamental Rights Charter. One of its proponents was actually the Maltese and Labour Party MEP, Cyrus Engerer. Guees how his colleagues from the Labour Party voted for the resolution? Alex Agius Saliba, who has…
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Progressives should have waited before applauding the newly elected President
As soon as the newly-elected President Myriam Spiteri Debono gave a spech with agreeable statements and nice platitudes, some progressives were quick to praise her. They are doing the same mistake many of us did in 2013, believing in Joseph Muscat only because the conventional political standards were very low. Standards for the Presidency are…
