I am writing once again with reference to the amendments being proposed to the IVF law that is being discussed in Parliament. Mark Sant (May 2) defends embryo freezing, proposed in these amendments, by saying that the process brings...
Għeżież ħbieb, Wara li għada il-vot tat-Tieni Qari fil-Parliament nistiednek tingħaqad magħna fil-ġlieda għall-ħajja billi tikkopja t-text hawn taħt, fejn hu relevanti iddaħħal id-dettalji tiegħek, u tibagħta lir-Rappreżentanti kollha tad-distrett tiegħek fil-Parlament hekk kif ser jibdew jidiskutu din il-liġi fl-istadju...
I spent the best part of Sunday evening with a group of colleagues poring over the new amendments for the Embryo Protection Act. After about three hours, my colleagues and I came to the conclusion that it is simply...
There is always a lesson to be learnt in anything in life. The outcome of Ireland’s referendum was no surprise. As I said to someone, a win for the No vote would have probably made me believe in miracles....
My attention was drawn to a report in this newspaper (May 27) on the President’s stand on the maltreatment of children. I was struck by her deep concern for children and the risks some of them face when they...
Congratulations to Family Minister Michael Falzon for introducing grants to childless couples who decide to adopt children from abroad to solve their infertility problem. The government has now shown there are alternatives to embryo freezing. Unwisely, the government had initially...
As to be expected, the shocking result of the abortion referendum in Ireland has been greeted with gleeful gloating by the likes of Martin Scicluna. Meanwhile, Women’s Rights Foundation director, Lara Dimitrijevic, proudly reaffirms her pro-abortion stance. Such outcomes...
I have recently come to the conclusion that rationality is no longer enough to form a basis for political and other social debate. When man removed God and theology from his calculations for decision-making on political action, it was...
In May 2016, in Stratford upon Avon, a woman lunged into the path of a huge car transporter to push her little daughter, riding a scooter, out of its way. She saved her daughter but she was crushed to...
Minister Chris Fearne’s contribution to your newspaper on the imminent changes to the law on IVF, with the title ‘Let’s talk – but respect our principles’, on 21 May, gives rise to further questions that have to be answered with a clear...
