MALTA, December 8, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The father of an unborn child has won a court order to stop the deportation of the child’s mother, who planned to have the seven-week old aborted in her native Russia. The Times of Malta stated Friday that the woman, Nadezda Gavrilova, an illegal immigrant, was originally slated for deportation and in police custody. The deportation order was stayed by Mr Justice Farrugia Sacco, who ruled that, under Maltese law, abortion of the unborn child would be in contravention of the father, Anthony Borg’s, right to “freedom of family life,” as well as in violation of the unborn child’s right to life.
Malta, a predominantly Catholic Mediterranean island country, is one of a dwindling number of countries where the right to life of the unborn is still protected by law. Read coverage of the Maltese court decision at: https://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=141605