A US tourist in Malta was refused a life saving abortion. It is the 'hellscape' coming post Roe
A US woman on vacation in Malta faced being killed by her pregnancy but was refused an abortion. One expert says it is an insight into the "hellscape" that will be created with the Supreme Court 0verturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
Andrea Prudente, 38, and her partner Jay Weeldreyer were ecstatic that they were pregnant with their first child, a baby girl. To celebrate the last few months before parenthood, they went on a 'babymoon' to Malta.
But disaster struck soon after the couple from Washington arrived on the Mediterranean island, they told Insider. Andrea's water broke, and her placenta started detaching at just 16 weeks. Her pregnancy was no longer viable.
But the traumatic experience became life-threatening due to Malta's ban on abortion.
She needed her uterus cleared by a D&C procedure to save her from potentially life-threatening infections, Weeldryer told Insider on the seventh day of their hospital stay.
However, her fetus still had a heartbeat, and doctors at Malta's Mater Dei Hospital refused her the life-saving treatment as they viewed it as an abortion. They have not responded to Insider's request for comment.
Malta is the only EU country that has a total abortion ban. Women who have them and doctors who help them can be sentenced to prison.
https://www.businessinsider.com/woman-denied-life-saving-abortion-is-hellscape-of-roe-v-wade-repeal-2022-6
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