Letters to the editor – December 28, 2022

Scoring political points

The government is holding consultations with the public on the future use of a piece of rock in Sliema – the ex-Chalet.

Yet, on the extremely important issue of abortion, we are faced with a piece of legislation being rushed through parliament with indecent haste.

The prime minister has indicated that the bill in question will be “tweaked”, thus admitting that, as presented, it has not been thought through and is not good enough. I believe it is terrible.

I will not refer to the glaring issues which have been already pointed out such as the lack of a time limit so that if a baby is killed immediately after birth, this is infanticide, but if killed prior to term, this is permitted. Or the fact that the vague term “health”– physical or mental – can be a sufficient reason to abort a foetus.

I will now bring up another point that I believe the parliamentary secretary for equality and her minister should wake up and notice. There are many instances of women abused and trafficked and forced into prostitution. Now, how many pregnant women will be forced to ask for an abortion by their partner because a pregnancy is inconvenient? Has this possibility even been...