Letters to the editor - September 29, 2022

Undermining life

Unsurprisingly, the government carries on with its not-so-subtle agenda of whittling away legislation that defends the life of the most vulnerable. For those of us who are acutely aware of what goes on behind the scenes, the strategy of relentlessly weakening laws that safeguard life is staring us in the face.

One of the most serious blows against life was the so-called reforming adjustments to the Embryo Protection Act of 2012 which regulated IVF treatment in Malta. The Embryo Protection Act 2018 reduced life to a commodity and resulted in the creation of surplus embryos. In just a few years, we already have circa 300 frozen embryos.

The recent embryo testing legislation went a step further and shamelessly introduced eugenics. So now, unwanted embryos end up on the scrap heap in a freezer. Let us not fool ourselves. These embryos are doomed. They have no future.

Now our health minister says that “current abortion rules stop medical professionals from saving lives in non-viable pregnancies”.

This is nonsense. As a medical man, Chris Fearne is aware that there are clear protocols which  guide the medical profession when they are faced with patients in...