An imperfect IVF law, undermined by party-politics
The Labour administration must take a good hard look at its IVF law, and bring it up to the same legislative gold-plated standard it achieved with various civil rights
2 May 2021, 9:06am
A minor ‘spat’ between Health Minister Chris Fearne and Opposition leader Bernard Grech, over proposed amendments to IVF legislation, has once again highlighted how even the most delicate, sensitive issues end up being used as weapons in a political war.
The subject now, if the government does forge ahead with its bold move, is PGD testing, which is employed in in vitro fertilisation to test embryos for hereditary diseases. The marvellous science helps prospective parents avoid the hereditary transmission of incurable diseases. Already, the prospect is being foolishly weaponised by lobbies such as ‘pro life’ doctors: in a shameful statement this week Doctors For Life had the gall to reassure sufferers of cystic fibrosis that they could lo
Church funds pro-life lobby’s ‘evangelist’ for Catholic schools
Church schools issue call on behalf of pro-life lobby group Life Network Foundation for teacher tasked to ‘discourage anti-life attitudes’
29 April 2021, 3:02pm
by Laura Calleja
The Secretariat for Catholic Education has issued a call to recruit a teacher to “inform, raise awareness, and strengthen the commitment for life-affirming choices and behaviour” on behalf of the pro-life lobby group Life Network Foundation.
The teacher will be stationed at kindergarten, primary, secondary and post-secondary schools in Malta and Gozo to provide “engaging learning experiences for all students” and “actively discourage anti-life attitudes and behaviour and promote life-affirming choices.”
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Apartment politics
Reference is made to an article which appeared in Times of Malta regarding the condominium administrator. I would like to know if a condominus can give his/her proxy to the administrator for the AGMs?
Can the condominus be barred from giving his proxy to the administrator for fear that decisions taken by him would not be to the advantage of the condominus?
In other words, can the condominus just give his/her proxy to the block representative only and not to the administrator so s/he can then be sure that the block rep would have his/her best interests at heart?