I am unsure as to why Karl Consiglio (December 3) criticises Ivan Padovani’s comments about abortion availability. Abortion is illegal in Malta, and for perfectly good reasons.

The fact that it is available abroad is irrelevant to the law as it exists in Malta; introducing abortion legislation just to “bring us in line” with other European countries would be wrong on the basis of the “two wrongs don’t make a right” principle.

Similarly, legislating on such an important issue for purely pragmatic reasons (“it’s available 60 miles away anyway, so we might as well provide it locally”) would be a terrible betrayal of principle.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.