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Doctors for Choice Malta, a group of independent medical professionals that advocates for safe, accessible, comprehensive, evidence-based reproductive healthcare in Malta, including safe access to abortion, has been established. In a statement, the doctorsDoctors' organisation advocating safe, accessible reproductive healthcare set up
Doctors for Choice Malta, a group of independent medical professionals that advocates for safe, accessible, comprehensive, evidence-based reproductive healthcare in Malta, including safe access to abortion, has been established. In a statement, the doctors said abortion was a criminal offence in Malta and women continued to be denied true autonomy over their bodies. «They are deprived of their right to seek safe, high quality healthcare. Women who require abortion services do so because of unique, and often complex, medical, psychological or social reasons. Malta’s present legislation results in a violation of human rights and denial of patients’ right to safe health services. This ultimately leads to poorer health outcomes.» They said that like all reputable international health organisations, which include the World Health Organisation, the Royal Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Federation of International Gynaecologists and Obstetricians, they believed that safe access to abortion was a healthcare issue. Criminalisation of abortion made it dangerous for women who needed this health service. As doctors from a variety of specialties, the existing Maltese... Read more











