Pro-choice activists have reacted angrily to a court ruling stating Andrea Prudente was “used” by activists to further their agenda, slamming the judge’s “deeply patronising” comments. Last week, judge Miriam Hayman ruled that Prudente did not have her rights violated when doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy after she suffered a ruptured membrane
A Maltese court has ruled that the fundamental rights of American national Andrea Prudente were not violated when doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy in 2022. Prudente was holidaying in Malta when she started having a miscarriage but doctors at Mater Dei Hospital refused to terminate the pregnancy while a foetal heartbeat was still present.
A Maltese court has dismissed Andrea Prudente’s constitutional case, ruling that Malta’s abortion laws did not violate her fundamental rights during her 2022 medical emergency. According to Times of Malta , Prudente, a US national, was 14 weeks pregnant when her waters broke while on holiday in Malta. After doctors refused to terminate her pregnancy
A US woman who was denied an abortion in Malta was made to “play ball” with the beliefs of pro-choice activists pushing for a change to Malta’s abortion laws, a judge has ruled. In a scathing ruling handed down last week, judge Miriam Hayman turned down Andrea Prudente’s argument that Malta’s abortion laws, which prevented doctors from terminating
