Malta plans to ease EU’s strictest anti-abortion law

Activists outside the Maltese law courts (Kevin Schembri Orland/PA)

Malta’s government has introduced proposed legislation to ease the European Union’s strictest anti-abortion law and allow the procedure in cases where the mother’s life or health is at risk.

The move comes after a headline-grabbing case involving an American tourist who miscarried and was airlifted off the Mediterranean island to get treatment.