Martin Scicluna (December 28) writes very flippantly about Maltese women’s rights to decide to abort their unborn children. No, they have no rights at all to do that. Scicluna is wrong, again.

He suggests that the abortion issue in Malta be “examined”. This time he is being very cautious. Otherwise, he could appear to be inciting to kill unborn children because  in Malta we have eight laws protecting unborn children from any harm, including deliberate death, through abortion.

Maltese women cannot just abduct their unborn children, hidden in their wombs, and abort them abroad. Can any of them kill abroad the President of Malta or any other Maltese national, for that matter,  and get away with it? Of course, not.

According to the Abduction Law of Malta, the central authority, that is the head of the Department of Welfare Standards, has the legal power,and obligation, to protect also unborn children from being abducted and aborted abroad. But, so far, no action has been taken from this end even if it is common knowledge that about 100 unborn children from Malta are aborted in the UK every year, apart from many others probably in Italy and other parts of the EU and elsewhere too.

Similarly, the Commissioner for Children has the legal power, and authority, to promote the interest of, and thus protect, all unborn children. By law, the commissioner has the legal obligation “to promote the highest standards of health and social services for women during pregnancy and to promote special care and protection, including adequate legal protection, for children both before and after birth”. It’s about time both of them join ranks and protect all unborn children in Malta at risk of deliberate death through abortion whether here or overseas.