US woman left traumatised after Malta hospital refuses life-saving abortion
This story was in the news this week. A glimpse of what we can look forward to now in this country.
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Doctors have denied an American woman on holiday in Malta a potentially life-saving abortion, despite saying her baby had a “zero chance” of survival after she was admitted to hospital with severe bleeding in her 16th week of pregnancy.
Despite an “extreme risk” of haemorrhage and infection, doctors at the Mater Dei hospital in Msida told Andrea Prudente that they would not perform a termination because of the country’s total ban on abortion.
Prudente and her husband are seeking a medical transfer from Malta to the UK, which the couple say is their only option due to the risk to her life. They claim medical staff were uncooperative in their attempts to leave and in sharing medical records with the couple’s insurance company.
“I just want to get out of here alive,” Prudente told the Guardian from her hospital room in Malta’s capital, Valletta. “I couldn’t in my wildest dreams have thought up a nightmare like this.”
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 9 | June 24, 2022 5:50 PM
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She finally managed to get airlifted to Spain yesterday.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 1 | June 24, 2022 2:45 PM
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Well now she can get that same ol' experience without even leaving home!
by Anonymous | reply 2 | June 24, 2022 2:47 PM
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Why would you visit a foreign country and not first check on their laws concerning childbirth if you were several months pregnant?
by Anonymous | reply 3 | June 24, 2022 2:51 PM
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Anyone visiting the US will certainly need to do that, R3.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | June 24, 2022 2:58 PM
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Why would anyone who's sixteen weeks pregnant be thinking about childbirth in the next two weeks?
The fact that anyone, let alone 4 people so far, have upvoted r3 speaks to how much is wrong with so many users on this site.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | June 24, 2022 3:01 PM
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R3, always rushing in to blame the victim in true DL fashion.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | June 24, 2022 3:04 PM
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[quote]Why would you visit a foreign country and not first check on their laws concerning childbirth if you were several months pregnant?
[quote]Why would anyone who's sixteen weeks pregnant be thinking about childbirth in the next two weeks? The fact that anyone, let alone 4 people so far, have upvoted [R3] speaks to how much is wrong with so many users on this site.
I doubt R3 has ever met a pregnant woman.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | June 24, 2022 3:06 PM
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Who’s the hot bearded guy?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | June 24, 2022 3:43 PM
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