Last month, an American woman vacationing in Malta created international outrage after claiming she needed an abortion for medical reasons. The incident led many to demand Malta abandon its pro-life culture, though many medical experts questioned whether or not an abortion was even necessary. Now, doctors who treated the woman have testified that she did not need an abortion and that her baby could have survived.
It was once a taboo subject in the political arena but 2022 saw abortion making it to the parliamentary agenda as Malta was cast in the international spotlight over its draconian anti-abortion law. Maya Dimitrijevic outlines the trajectory of the abortion debate