Unfreeze freezing mentality – Tony Mifsud
To help infertile couples in Malta have children, a radical change to the local embryo protection law, including more embryo freezing and gamete donation, is being proposed by the government. Besides the great ethical and social considerations involved, the possible involuntary killing of...
Off-the-shelf babies
When Health Minister Chris Fearne floated proposed changes to the IVF law, the furore that followed was predictable. IVF procedures can be contentious from an ethical perspective and there are many issues he raised that are controversial. Mr Fearne,...
A gross travesty of human dignity
The government has just published the amendments to the Embryo Protection Act with the sole aim of not only dismantling this Act and the protection of human life that it provides, but also aims to create a gross travesty...
IVF law drafter slams new Bill as ‘chilling’
Sunday, April 15, 2018, 07:28 by Keith Micallef A medical professor who had been involved in the drafting of the existing IVF legislation has branded proposed changes to it as “chilling” and “irresponsible”. University of Malta lecturer Prof. Pierre Schembri Wismayer...
Stqarrija tal-Isqfijiet Maltin dwar l-Att li jemenda l-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijuni
Aħna l‑Maltin għandna għożża għall‑ulied u għall‑ħajja sa mit‑tnissil tagħha. Din hi ħaġa pożittiva ħafna li nixtiequ ninkoraġġixxu bis‑sħiħ. Nuru għalhekk l‑apprezzament tagħna għall‑isforzi li jsiru biex il‑koppji li ma jistgħux ikollhom tfal jingħataw għajnuna xierqa u f’waqtha. Fl‑istess...
Reazzjoni Ghall-Emendi Proposti lill-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijun
Il-Fondazzjoni favur il-Ħajja u l-Familja, Life Network Foundation Malta, tinsab ferm preokkupata blemendi proposti lill-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijun u tiġbed l-attenzjoni għas-sitt punti li joħorġu mill emendi: 1. L-istess isem: L-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijun Filwaqt li l-isem ta’ dan l-Att baqa’...
Defend common good – Klaus Vella Bardon
Being the PRO of the Ministry for European Affairs and Equality, the over-reaction of Paula Cauchi to the stand of the Times of Malta in defending marriage and the family is predictable. What is also predictable is her use...
