Over two decades ago, Malta signed and ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This lays down that the family, with particular reference to children, “should be afforded the necessary protection and assistance”. The Convention also...
Helena Grech Sunday, 29 April 2018 A woman born by anonymous donor conception, Dr Joanna Rose, views the Maltese government’s offer to allow those born through the same practice to have access to their genetic parent’s medical...
The desire to bear and rear children is indeed a noble desire. The provision of IVF services to assist infertile couples to have children is therefore laudable. Attempts to increase the success rate of IVF practices are also to...
The Embryo Protection Act 2012 has the stated aim of “providing for the protection of human embryos” in procedures of medically assisted procreation. Since its enactment, the law has provided for and regulated practices such as in vitro fertilisation...
26 April 2018 Dr Miriam Sciberras Fr Martin Micallef Distinguished guests Dear friends It is my pleasure to share some brief remarks at the opening of this important conference. The theme for today’s discussion, “Every Life Matters”, is...
25.04.2018 Life Network Foundation Malta Il-Fondazzjoni Life Network Foundation tirringrazzja lill-Eċċelenza tagħha, l-President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca tal-intervent tagħha fid-diskussjoni dwar l-Emendi proposti ghal-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijun. Il-Fondazzjoni taqbel li kif qalet il-President,ikun hawn “perjodu itwal ta’ riflessjoni sabiex jinstemgħu...
STQARRIJA GĦALL-ISTAMPA – 24 ta’ April 2018 Life Network Foundation Malta Il-Fondazzjoni Life Network tinsab ferm inkwetata bil-pożizzjoni tal-Kummissarju għat-Tfal dwar l-Abbozz li jemenda l-Att dwar il-Protezzjoni tal-Embrijuni maħruġa nhar it-23 t’April 2018. Il-Kummissarju għat-Tfal, li skont il-liġi tagħna...
As a child I was fascinated with caterpillars. I would collect them and carefully place them in a small patch in the garden, which my uncle had planted with lettuce and cabbage so that these caterpillars would grow on...
The proposed amendments to the Embryo Protection Act have been described as “a complete travesty of ethics, morality, and human dignity, allegedly to remove ‘discrimination’ imposed by nature herself”. The discussion on Xarabank further illustrated how media manipulation can...
In his article of embryo freezing (January 27), Martin Scicluna chose to confuse the debate by dragging in partisan politics and religion. Half his article focused on the disparate views different religions have on ensoulment and at what stage...
