Alternattiva Demokratika said this afternoon that although it was clearly and openly against abortion, it did not consider it necessary to entrench this prohibition in the Constitution, as was being proposed by Gift of Life.
Chairman Arnold Cassola said it did not make sense to start entrenching selected parts of the Criminal Code.
“After all, abortion is not the only crime which negates life. Are we to entrench the whole Criminal Code?"
He said that since all political parties in Malta were against abortion, there was no controversy on this issue.