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Doctors for Life has expressed its concerns regarding Proposal 506 of the Labour Party Electoral Manifesto and has requested clarification of what this proposal entails and whether the PL is willing to exclude abortion from the definition of “reproductive rights.”
In a statement, DFL said that it has scrutinised the electoral programmes being presented by the political parties and has expressed its concerns regarding proposal 506 contained within the 2022 Electoral Manifesto of the Partit Laburista, namely:
“Nippubblikaw il-politika aggornata dwar is-sahha sesswali fl-iqsar zmien possibbli. Din il-politika ghandha tirrifletti r-realtajiet tal-lum fein tidhol is-sahha u d-drittijiet sesswali u riproduttivi, fid-diversità kollha taghha. Maghha ser inniedu pjan t’azzjoni b’ghanijiet, mizuri u skadenzi cari li ¡zommu lill-gvern responsabbli gat-twettiq tal-istess politika.”
DFL explained that, “our concerns from the terminology being used in the proposal, specifically the term “d-drittijiet sesswali u riproduttivi,” commonly used, this term is widely understood to include abortion.”
Doctors for Life strongly affirmed that “the killing of early human life is unethical and that the right to life should always be safeguarded.”
To this end, Doctors for Life appealed to the Prime Minister, who it said, has on numerous occasions “clearly stated his stand against abortion,” to urge the Partit Laburista to issue a statement clarifying what is being defined by “drittijiet sesswali u riproduttivi,” and to “categorically exclude abortion from this definition, thus amending proposal 506 in order to reflect this.”
Doctors for Life warned that, “in the absence of the above, DfL will have to assume that proposal 506 does in fact include the provision of abortion.”
DFL concluded by saying that, “whilst remaining politically neutral and not advocating support for any particular political party, DfL will be advising the electorate that supporting proposal 506 of the PL manifesto, as it stands today, may be endorsing the future legalisation of abortion.
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