Gift of Life are calling on the Government and the opposition to react to the Council of Europe by responding to this unprecedented situation now placed upon our country to decriminalize abortion. In a shameful attack on our Islands as well as other European pro-life countries, the Council of Europe has voted to uphold this appalling resolution against human life. This is an attempt at imposing values that are incompatible with higher Maltese family values. We are deeply concerned at the long-term repercussions of this sad development as the pressure now placed upon Malta in favour of abortion is now greater than it has ever been.

We are therefore calling on the Prime Minister and the Opposition to act at the earliest possible opportunity to amend the Constitution of Malta to clearly give the unborn child the clear right to life from conception. We now expect Malta to respond with the same determination and absolute resolve in favour of human life as the movements in favour of abortion have done against life at the Council of Europe.

We have been working for an amendment to the Constitution to extend the right to life to the unborn child from conception, and yet sadly, despite almost 40, 000 petition signatures presented to Parliament in 2007, the Government and the opposition have not managed to find a way to agree on a way forward on this matter. We appeal for immediate clear action from the representatives of the people as Parliament reconvenes under this new legislature in May. Failure to act in the face of such escalating pressures will now accelerate the pro-abortion movements resolve to continue their relentless attacks, until Malta is finally pressured to legalize abortion.

Gift of Life

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