Upcoming EU elections are 'a referendum on abortion', Delia says

The upcoming European Parliament elections will be a referendum on abortion since every seat going to the Labour Party would be a seat in the European Parliament in favour of abortion, PN leader Adrian Delia claimed on Sunday.

Speaking at a party event in Mellieħa, Dr Delia started by referring to those mothers who had had an abortion, saying they did not deserve to be condemned but to be helped.

The Opposition leader thanked mothers facing various circumstances. He thanked single mothers and the mothers of politicians, "who have to watch as their children are mocked on the public stage". 

Dr Delia criticised those who said they were pro-choice instead of saying they were pro-abortion. They were saying they were in favour of the choice to end the life of someone else, Dr Delia said.

The government, he added had described the embryo as a clump of eight cells, showing it did not recognise the rights of the unborn child.

Quoting from the European Socialists' manifesto, Dr Delia said that Frans Timmermans, the "intimate friend" of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat had proposed that "every individual should have equal access to sexual and reproductive rights".

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