WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/francesca-fenech-conti/ By informing and empowering women, discussing, and promoting women’s lived experiences, celebrating women’s achievements, and sharing our concerns and interests, we hope that we can empower women to lead better, healthier, and happier lives Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:20:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://wham.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-Site-Icon-32x32.png WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/francesca-fenech-conti/ 32 32 Let’s Talk About Decriminalising Abortion In Malta https://wham.com.mt/lets-talk-about-decriminalising-abortion-in-malta/ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:20:16 +0000 https://wham.com.mt/?p=11175 These are morally difficult issues. Yet in Malta we recognise that criminal punishment is not always the appropriate response to moral complexities. In fact, many issues considered morally “wrong” by some have been removed from the criminal code such as sodomy which until 1973 was considered a crime. This decriminalisation did not mean society declared every aspect of sexuality morally uncomplicated. It meant the state recognised that imprisoning consenting adults for private sexual acts was unjust and disproportionate. The removal of sodomy from the Criminal Code did not “celebrate” it. It acknowledged that criminal law is a blunt instrument, one that should not be used

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