More than 60 per cent of the people who voted in an online poll by The Times disagree with the Commissioner for Children's view that in-vitro fertilisation should be banned.
Only 16.65 per cent agree that IVF should not be allowed into Malta, while the remaining 23.27 per cent think it should be tightly regulated.
Most of the people who commented came out very strongly against Commissioner Sonia Camilleri, with a handful even saying she should resign.
"Nobody has the right to stop me from having children," one voter said. Another said the government should give financial help to married couples who have infertility problems, since IVF was an expensive procedure.
Last week Ms Camilleri told Parliament's Social Affairs Committee that IVF should not be allowed in Malta since research could not yet guarantee a healthy life for the children born through this process. She said nobody had a right to have a baby at all costs.
IVF, one respondent said, presents a great number of opportunities for families who are unable to conceive. "Citing the wastage of embryos is a cheap card to play since nobody knows how many miscarriages happen before even the mother knows she is pregnant."
Some voters said that since Ms Camilleri managed to have children of her own without needing help, she did not know what it meant to have problems.
"She has no idea what couples who want children and are having problems to conceive go through."
A woman who said she has been through various IVF treatments said the Commissioner does not know about "the heartache, disappointment" or anything that a couple go through when they are having IVF. "This woman wants to abolish the chance of life."
Another said IVF is the "lifeline for many couples", while another said IVF is a "godsend for infertile couples, and the joy that having a child brings to them is equal to the curing of a disease".
Many stressed that IVF is only used as a last resort. "IVF is so physically and emotionally stressful, and such a financial burden, that the decision is not taken lightly, nor is it made before having tried other options."
A few people who commented said IVF should be regulated, but should not be banned from Malta, while others stressed that although IVF should be allowed, the couple should be told of all the risks involved.
"It should be tightly regulated as many couples are being driven to this method because they are impatient to wait for a baby," a respondent said.
Others agreed that nature should be left on its own and IVF should not be allowed.
One respondent who wants a ban said IVF involves a higher risk of deformities among children. "Natural processes should be allowed to proceed without tampering. If conception is not naturally possible, there must be a good reason for it. The wisdom of nature is far superior to that of man."