Jail time for women? Marlene makes the conservatives call a spade a spade Marlene Farrugia has kicked the ball into the court of the conservatives: who will stand up to justify the imprisonment of women who terminate their pregnancy? 19 May 2021, 7:41am by James Debono Adventures in legislation: independent MP Marlene Farrugia presented a motion for a private member’s bill to decriminalise abortion, which in Malta leads to the imprisonment of women to up to three years and of medical professionals to up to four years Just like Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, her ex-husband, did in 2010 by presenting a private members bill on divorce, independent MP Marlene Farrugia has dropped a bombshell on the political system.