abortion

Pro-choice campaigners during a 2022 protest outside parliament. Photo: Times of Malta

Petition for EU abortion funding reaches target number of signatures in Malta

4,230 signatures collected by pro-choice NGO

April 25, 2025| Matthew Bonanno
Andrea Prudente was airlifted from Malta to Spain after being denied a termination in July 2022. Photo: Jay Weeldreyer

Andrea Prudente loses libel case over abortion conspiracy claims by ex-MP

Although claims untrue, court rules Prudente was not the target of defamatory statements by Jason Azzopardi

April 24, 2025| Jacob Borg
Pro-choice demonstrators promote accessibility to abortion pills in Chicago last August. Photo: Vic Hinterlang/Shutterstock.com

The harm of drug-induced abortion

The pregnancy-termination pill has been associated with serious complications

April 8, 2025| Tony Mifsud
Since 2014, the police received seven reports of abortions. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Most abortion police reports come from doctors at Mater Dei Hospital – data

Abortion is illegal in Malta, except when performed by doctors to save a woman’s life

April 3, 2025| Claudia Calleja
The number of abortion pills being shipped to Malta keeps increasing every year. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Abortion pill shipments up 14% in 2024, totalling 590

Abortion is illegal in Malta, unless it is carried out by doctors if a woman’s life is at risk

March 27, 2025| Claudia Calleja
As soon as fertilisation occurs there is all the genetic material that is necessary for a new human being. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Science reveals the truth: abortion is truly harmful

The scientific reality about personification, pain and the inherent worth of human life from conception

March 25, 2025| Stephen Sammut
Marta Vella (left) and Davinia Hamilton. Photo: Elisa von Brockdorff.

‘Blanket Ban’: stories of silent suffering

A hard-hitting protest play about Malta’s controversial ban on abortions

March 16, 2025| Giulia Magri
The woman told the court the alleged assault was a one-off. File photo: Matthew Mirabelli.

Court case of forced abortion dropped at request of victim

She was three months pregnant when she terminated the pregnancy

March 13, 2025| Claudia Calleja
‘Blanket Ban’ is written and performed by Davinia Hamilton (left) and Marta Vella. Photos: Ali Wright

‘We all know someone who has had an abortion’

The performance is a love letter to Malta

March 2, 2025| Esther Lafferty
The documentary aims to raise awareness and inspire change by revealing the human stories behind national policies. File photo: Pexels

New documentary to bring women’s abortion stories to the screen

The project builds upon the 'Dear Decision Makers' storytelling initiative

February 24, 2025| Press Release
Prof. Isabel Stabile receives the Embassy Tulip from Ambassador Djoeke Adimi Photo: Dutch Embassy

Doctors for Choice activist Isabel Stabile receives Dutch human rights award

First Maltese recipient of the Embassy Tulip recognised for her advocacy of sexual and reproductive rights

December 12, 2024| Emma Borg
Demonstrators marched through the streets accompanied by a marching band and holding placards with pro-life slogans. Photo: Jonathan Borg.

'Pregnancy is not a disease’: Pro-life demonstration in Valletta

US doctors describe Malta as a 'light in the Mediterranean'

December 1, 2024| James Cummings
The man was found to be overstaying his permission to remain in the country. Photo: Shutterstock

Man allegedly threatened to kill pregnant partner if she didn't get an abortion

He was denied bail

November 19, 2024| Claudia Calleja
Mother Julie Bufkin pushes her daughter Alice's stroller, adorned with 'Reproductive Freedom' and 'When We Fight We Win' signs, on November 5 in Tempe, Arizona. Photo: AFP

US states extend abortion rights... Florida, S Dakota measures fail

On Election Day a total of 10 states had abortion measures on the ballot

November 6, 2024| AFP
Earlier this week KSU said freshers' week was not the right place to discuss such "controversial and sensitive subjects" such as abortion. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

KSU apologises for dismantling Graffitti's stand displaying pro-choice flyers

Students' council says its action was never meant to censor or stigmatise

October 3, 2024| Times of Malta
Moviment Graffitti's stand on Wednesday (left) and on Thursday (right). Photos: Facebook/Moviment Graffitti

Graffitti back on campus with pro-choice flyers after KSU cleared their stand

KSU does not want 'controversial and sensitive subjects' discussed on campus during Freshers' week

October 3, 2024| Times of Malta
The freshers' week stand of Moviment Gaffitti was temporarily cleared out for featuring pro-choice flyers. Photos: Facebook

KSU clears Graffitti's freshers' week stand for displaying pro-choice flyers

Students council says fresher's week is not the 'right place' for abortion discussion

October 2, 2024| Claudia Calleja
Davinia Hamilton (left) and Marta Vella Photo: Ali Wright

Award-winning play on Malta’s abortion ban comes home

'Blanket Ban' explores the stories of Maltese women impacted by strict abortion laws

September 30, 2024| Giulia Magri
Activists gathered in front of Castille Square and marched across the streets of Valletta. Photo: Chris Sant Fournier

Pro-choice activists demand decriminalisation of abortion

At least two women being investigated or charged over abortion

September 28, 2024| Giulia Magri
75 people have come together to lift the stigma.

'A third of these people have had an abortion': pro-choice campaign

Pro-choice rally to be held in Valletta on Saturday

September 27, 2024| Times of Malta
People were invited to discuss abortion in Valletta.

More than one person in Malta seeks an abortion every day, NGO says

Pro-choice rally in Valletta on Saturday

September 25, 2024| Times of Malta
US presidential nominee Donald Trump. Photo: AFP

Trump moves to contain fallout of rows over his abortion and IVF positions

Republican nominee faces pressure from conservatives and pro-life groups

August 31, 2024| AFP
AFP file photo of a demonstrator holding up a clothes hanger, a symbol of underground abortion, during a demonstration of women and pro choice activists in front of the Polish parliament in Warsaw on July 23.

Polish abortion restrictions violate women's rights: UN

Poland's laws are among the strictest in Europe

August 26, 2024| AFP
Health Minister Sophie Lohde said it was time for the rules governing abortion to change and to strengthen women's right to decide. File photo: AFP

Denmark to extend legal limit for abortion to 18 weeks

Teens aged 15 to 17 will be allowed to undergo abortion without parental consent

May 3, 2024| AFP
EU and member state flags in the EU Council building in Brussels. Photo: Shutterstock.com

Rocks off Sicily...

Sharing our sovereignty with the European Union must not mean that we lose our sovereignty altogether

May 3, 2024| Evarist Bartolo
Bystanders in front of France’s Justice Ministry, where a ceremony was held for sealing the right to abortion in the French constitution. Photo: AFP

No right to abortion

One of the most fundamental rights that needs to be protected and safeguarded is the right to life

April 20, 2024| Ray Azzopardi
A demonstration by the Life Network Foundation in September.

PM urged to declare Malta objection to abortion as an EU human right

The European Parliament last week backed a call to include access to abortion in the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights

April 16, 2024| Times of Malta
Myriam Spiteri Debono waves to well-wishers from the palace soon after she was sworn in as president. Photo: Jonathan Borg

Preposterous, with a rather stale whiff

A referendum on abortion might indeed be the best way to settle this controversial issue

April 15, 2024| Anna Khakee
Times of Malta file photo.

Today's front pages - April 14, 2024

Highlights from Sunday's newspapers

April 14, 2024| Times of Malta
File photo by Chris Sant Fournier of a pro-choice rally in Valletta.

Decriminalise abortion, EU parliament urges Malta

MEPs vote for abortion access to be included in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights

April 11, 2024| Sarah Carabott