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Malta President unveils National Pro-Life monument
By MaltaMedia News
Mar 25, 2006, 20:13

His Excellency the President of Malta Dr Eddie Fenech Adami unveiled a monument commissioned by the Gift of Life, a national pro-life group, today at 21st September Avenue in Mosta. This is Malta's first ever pro-life monument to the unborn child.

PrimeMinister Dr Lawrence Gonzi also attended the ceremony.

The ceremony took place on the March 25, is a symbolic date since it has been set aside by many countries to commemorate the incarnation of Christ in his mother's womb. The date has therefore also been selected as a day for unborn children.

LifeSiteNews reports that Pro-life political leadership in Malta described as "the strongly Catholic country" is however not new. In 2002, Malta, voiced its protest to the secretary general of the European Parliament against an aggressive EU resolution declaring its wish to see abortion become "legal, safe and accessible to all." At the time, Malta's Permanent Delegate to the EU, Ambassador Victor Camilleri, reiterated his government's position on abortion. "Not only is abortion illegal in Malta," he said, "but succesive governments... have been strongly committed to retaining the legal prohibition and have held this position also in the context of European and international fora, not least at the level of the United Nations.

When in 2004, the United Nations attempted to cajole the island nation into accepting abortion, the Maltese Prime Minister denounced the effort. In comments to LifeSiteNews.com, Edgar Galea-Curmi, head of the Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi's Secretariat, said: "The Maltese Government does not agree with the Committee's recommendation to review Maltese legislation on abortion." Galea-Curmi concluded, "We consider that abortion is in complete contradiction with one of the main tenets of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, namely that the best interests of children are paramount."

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