Gift Of Life would like to congratulate the Malta Labour Party for the stand taken against parts of a resolution referring to a woman’s right to abortion proposed at the Congress of the Socialist International Women held in Athens on the 27th and 28th June 2008. Gift of Life is delighted that the Labour Party Women’s section in their objections stated that their “organization is totally against abortion and that the right of the unborn to life was viewed as the very first human right….” Gift of Life augurs that this stand will not only be taken on an international level but that government and the opposition will collaborate to affirm this position also locally as soon as possible through an amendment in the Constitution of Malta that clearly extends this right to life to the unborn child.
Il-moviment Don tal-Hajja jixtieq jikkongratula lill partit Laburista tal-posizzjoni li ha kontra uhud mill-klawzoli ta resoluzzjoni li jaghmlu referenza ghad-dritt ta’ mara li taghmel l-abort, liema resoluzzjoni kienet proposta waqt Kungress Internazzjonail Nisa Soocjalisti gewwa Ateni fis-27 u it-28 ta’ Gunju 2008. Il-Moviment Don tal-Hajja huwa kuntent hafna li l-Ghaqda Nisa Laburisti, fl-ittra taghha lis-Socialist International Women, stqarret b’mod car li l-Organizazzjoni taghhom hija kompletamernt kontra l-abort u li d-dritt tal-hajja tat-tarbija mhux imwielda hu mharres bhala l-ewwel dritt fundamentali. Id-Don tal-Hajja tawgura li din il-pozizzjoni ma titiehdx biss fuq livel internazzjonali izda li l-gvern u l-oppozzizjoni jikkolaboraw sabiex din il-posizzjoni tigi affermata anke lokalment fil-futur qrib permezz ta’ amenda kostituzzjonali li b’mod car taghti d-dritt tal-hajja li tarbija fil-guf.
Statement
GoL calling on Government and Opposition to respond to CoE in May
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
Press release
14th April at 10.40am
Maltese
Il-Fondazzjoni Gift of LIfe tixtieq tesprimi s-sodisfazzjon taghha lejn l-inizjattiva tal-gvern u l-isforzi tal-oppozizzjoni sabiex jassiguraw li Malta tkun rapprezentata fis-sezzjoni plenarja tal-Kunsill tal-Ewropa li se tinzamm bejn l-14 u it-18 ta' April 2008 u li matulha l-Kunsill ser jivvota dwar resoluzzjoni (li m'ghanda l-ebda forza legali) sabiex l-abort ma jibqax reat fil-pajjizi membri kollha.
Il-Fondazzjoni Gift of Life tappella lid-delegazzjoni Maltija li hi maghmulha minn rapprezentanti tal-gvern kif ukoll tal-oppozizzjoni sabiex jahdmu flimkien u jaqblu dwar front kommuni kontra ir-resoluzzjoni proposta. Id-delegazzjoni Maltija hija wkoll mhegga tahdem ghal dan il-ghan ma pajjizi membri ohra li jivvutaw kontra l-imsemmija resoluzzjoni.
English
Gift of Life wishes to express its satisfaction towards the Government's initiative and the opposition's efforts at ensuring that Malta is represented at the plenary session of the Council of Europe to be held between the 14th and 18th April 2008, during which the Council will vote on a non binding resolution for the de-criminalisation of abortion in all member states.
Gift of Life calls upon the Maltese delegation, made up of representatives of both the government and the opposition to continue to co-operate and agree on a common stand against the proposed resolution. The Maltese delegation is also encouraged to join forces with other member states voting against the said resolution.
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What does +9 mean?
We are generally nine months older than what we claim to be on our birthday. Use the +9 symbol to draw awareness to this. Today everyone in Malta knows what +9 means .It is now being used in other parts of globe also. It is a simple message that screams through all the semantics and lost values. Go here to view a +9 advert in Maltese, as seen on National TV in a recent campaign in Malta.
