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Women should not be told
what to do by politicians, the
clergy or NGOs - Owen Bonnici
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MARIANNA CALLEJA
NOT politicians, not the clergy, nor
NGOs should be deciding whether
a woman terminates her pregnancy
to safeguard her health or life, Ow-
en Bonnici said.
The Culture Minister insisted
such a decision rests with the
parties and their doctors, when
speaking in parliament on the
decriminalisation of abortion if a
woman's health or life is at risk.
The debate on the amendment
to the Criminal Code put for-
ward by government is at Second
Reading stage.
Such an amendment, Bonnici
said, marks government's will-
ingness to truly protect women's
health.
He started his speech by referring
to three cases involving women
who either died or suffered health
consequences after they were de-
nied an abortion in Ireland.
Owen Bonnici
