Misogyny by certain politicians during abortion debate 'disgraceful': activists

Certain parliamentary members were disrespectful and misogynistic during the abortion debate, activist Andrea Dibben told a small crowd outside parliament on Monday.

“Dibben was speaking moments before the House approved the second reading  of a bill that will remove criminal liability for doctors and women when a pregnancy is terminated due to the woman's life or health being at risk.

"The quality of political debate in our country is already low, but somehow some of our parliamentarians managed to drag it even lower,” she told a small crowd of people outside Parliament on Monday.

“The misogyny, the disrespect, the mockery of a woman who lived through a terrible experience caused by our laws is nothing short of disgraceful.”

Dibben did not name the politicians she was referring to.

In June, Andrea Prudente was denied a request to terminate a non-viable pregnancy at 16 weeks.

Maltese doctors could not treat her for fear that their intervention could terminate the pregnancy and make them liable to criminal action and imprisonment. She was then medically evacuated to Spain where she had an abortion after her health insurance deemed her situation life-threatening. 

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