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Saturday, 27th June 2009

A pro-life message to all MEPs
Paul Vincenti, Gift of Life, Mosta

Last Tuesday, Gift of Life sent a letter to all five Maltese MEPs. Here is what we wrote:

"Allow us to congratulate you on your recent election as an MEPs representing Malta. Gift of Life is committed to working with all our MEPs on all pro-life issues being discussed at a European level.

"We strongly believe that our MEPs have an important role to play not only in defending our island's pro-life values but also in defending human life from conception in any other country, whether within the EU or not.

"We have noted that on various occasions over the last five years, some MEPs either abstained or did not vote in a pro-life manner on issues that are of particular interest to our foundation and indeed to Maltese citizens. Unlike in the last five years, we are now committed to informing the public on the positive and negative voting performance of all our MEPs in real time. This will include postings on our website and Facebook, e-mails, press releases and letters as well as adverts in the local papers, among others.

"We understand the challenges you face as a pro-life MEP in Europe and appreciate the pressure that you may at times be under from other parties and groups that are not pro-life. We wish to place the full resources of our foundation and our associates at your disposal and assist you with any information you may need to help you to vote positively on pro-life matters.

"Should you be faced with any technical issues that you may need to debate and vote on, such as, for example, issues like stem cell research and cloning, we will be more than pleased to assist you in any way we can."


Wednesday, 10th June 2009

Improved medical care, not abortion
Paul Vincenti, Gift of Life, Mosta

In the opinion piece by Robin Rebeiro of SOS Malta (June 5) the author makes an interesting point about the need to protect women and human life in general and especially in view of the Millennium Development Goal of maternal health.

Helping women in such dire need, in so many parts of the world, is a just cause. How can anyone disagree with the noble objective of saving women's lives as laid out in EU-funded campaigns aimed at raising public awareness on maternal health? Unfortunately, abortion is often promoted as one of the solutions to lowering maternal mortality. Abortion is surreptitiously presented under the vague description of sexual reproductive health and reproductive health services.

For years the focus has been on legalising abortion in developing countries and this is now set to increase with President Barack Obama's commitment to make more funds available to promote worldwide abortion.

So the question that needs to be addressed becomes, does legalising abortion actually protect women's' health? History shows that maternal mortality declined substantially in countries such as the United States, England and Wales through the 1930s and 1940s, for example, coinciding with advancements in antibiotics such as penicillin and blood transfusions.

A country that has managed to successfully reduce its maternal mortality rate drastically in the last few years is the troubled island country of Sri Lanka. As part of their strategy, they ensured that professional midwives and supervisory nurse-midwives were widely available in rural areas. This included making appropriate drugs and equipment accessible to rural areas. The health authorities worked to improve communication, transportation and back-up services. Yet, in Sri Lanka abortion is illegal except to save the life of the mother.

Despite the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo and the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing held in 1995, the United Nations Population Division claims that there has been no substantial decrease in maternal mortality or child mortality in the developing world since 1994. This is so notwithstanding the fact that in this same period, women have had unprecedented access to legal abortion.

Scott Fischbach, the executive director of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, recently released a new brochure on maternal mortality at the 62nd World Health Assembly in Geneva. The argument put forward is that "women generally are at risk because they lack access to a doctor, hospital or antibiotics".

The drive to legalise abortion in Third World countries will undoubtedly trigger a higher demand for abortion, as it has in most countries. Naturally, this will result in even more injured women who then compete for already scarce medical resources. As a result, the number of abortion-related maternal deaths may actually increase.

If most maternal deaths can be targeted by better education, nutrition and improved health care services which include improved obstetrics throughout pregnancy and beyond, then why do so many international communities still focus so much attention on legalising abortion?

It is a case of simple economics. A one-time medical procedure such as an abortion is far less costly than the long-term health care costs of caring for a mother throughout the nine months of her pregnancy and post-natal care.

Pro-life groups are equally concerned with lowering maternal and child mortality rates. The pro-life approach excludes the slaying of the unborn as a solution as it equally rejects the concept that human life can be lowered to a mere economic consideration.


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Volunteers required to help out at +9 Charity Shops

The +9 Charity Shops in Msida and B'Kara fund the HOPE Crisis Pregnancy Support service which over the past couple of years has supported many women, 21 babies born to date, and many others on the way.
Amongst its services, HOPE offers free information and support to pregnant women in crisis throughout the pregnancy and beyond, for as long as is necessary .

The +9 Charity shops also help fund PAIS, the Pro-Life Awareness in Schools programme , which annually equips teachers and students in local schools with pro-life learning and resources.

Gift of Life also offers help to women who may need support as a result of abortion.

The Gift of Life foundation is currently asking for help by pro-life individuals who are ready to commit to volunteering a minimum of one morning or afternoon of their time per week (shop hours) to help out in the Charity shops.

Interested persons (male or female) are invited to contact Claudia on 99297110.

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