U.S. woman was told by doctors her pregnancy would not survive after suffering heavy bleeding while on vacation in Malta. Now she fears her life is at risk after she was denied an abortion — Malta is the only EU country to ban terminations in all cases.
newspaper the couple, who are from Seattle, feel they are being held “hostage.”
Dr. Isabel Stabile, a Maltese gynecologist and Doctors for Choice member who has reviewed Prudente's medical notes, confirmed to NBC News that Prudente's waters broke just over a week ago and that"there is little to no amniotic fluid left in the uterus." "The potential rollback on reproductive rights by undercutting or reversing Roe v. Wade will have catastrophic global reverberations, particularly in countries like Malta where we are struggling even to achieve basic decriminalization of abortion," she said.
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