Former NCW member takes stand against abortion, yet in favour of MAP
Former National Council of Women member, Dr Clare Vassallo, who resigned from the organisation last week because of its stance against the morning after pill, came out today as 'not being in favour of abortion'
5 July 2016, 10:04am
Jeanelle Mifsud
Jeanelle Mifsud
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University lecturer, Dr Clare Vassallo
Today, Dr Clare Vassallo clarified her position regarding abortion in the wake of reactions to her stand on the morning after pill.
Vassallo, an academic at the University of Malta, today expressed herself against abortion, saying that abortion and contraception are completely different issues.
“I am not in favour of abortion, but I am STRONGLY in favour of seriously adequate contraception, including emergency contraception, or MAP. Contraception eliminates the desperate decisions some women make in either having an unwanted baby or terminating a pregnancy,” she writes on the Facebook group Women for Women.
Dr Clare Vassallo's post on the Facebook group 'Women for Women' explaining her view on abortion
Dr Vassallo resigned from her position in the National Council of Women last week following the group’s pro-life stance in face of the morning after pill.
