WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/prof-isabel-stabile/ 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 Mon, 28 Dec 2020 18:11:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wham.com.mt/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/cropped-Site-Icon-32x32.png WHAM - Women Health & More https://wham.com.mt/author/prof-isabel-stabile/ 32 32 Doctors for Choice Insist – “Law Must Change So Women Can Be Saved” https://wham.com.mt/law-must-change-doctors-for-choice-insist/ https://wham.com.mt/law-must-change-doctors-for-choice-insist/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2020 08:42:10 +0000 https://wham.com.mt/?p=5551 Doctors for Choice insist that law must change so access to Methotrexate in the case of an ectopic pregnancy can be provided in time. An ectopic pregnancy is any pregnancy implanted outside the cavity of the uterus, most commonly in the fallopian tube. In most cases, the embryo is either absent or non-viable, but these can still be fatal if left untreated. In the UK, the incidence is approximately 11/1000 pregnancies. Gynaecologists in Malta generally use the ethical ‘principal of double-effect’ as a legal loophole to treat these cases by removing the fallopian tube surgically. This is considered an “indirect termination of pregnancy” on the grounds that it is done to

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