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How this American on vacation survived after Malta denied her a life-saving abortion.
American Andrea Prudente was a denied a life-saving abortion while on vacation in Malta. She flew to Spain and received care on the day Roe was overturned.
An American woman vacationing in Malta was denied a life-saving abortion while miscarrying. She was able to leave the country and get care in Spain, on what happened to be the day Roe v. Wade was overturned in the U.S.
Andrea Prudente, 38, and Jay Weeldreyer, 45, planned to leave their babymoon in Malta with a slew of pictures and cherished memories. Instead, they left on an emergency flight to Spain. Malta has one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the world — something the couple didn't know before booking their vacation, as TODAY Parents previously reported.
"A doctor overseeing my care in Malta told me my baby was going to die," Prudente told TODAY Parents while recovering in Majorca, Spain. "He said I was at risk of infection and hemorrhage, but because of the abortion laws in Malta he couldn't do anything for me."
*snip*
Malta is one of only a few countries in the European Union to ban abortion. Because doctors could still detect a fetal heartbeat, it was illegal to end Prudente's nonviable pregnancy.
*snip*
Dr. Isabel Stabile, a gynecologist and Doctors for Choice member practicing in Malta, reviewed Prudente’s medical notes and confirmed her water did break and that there was next to no amniotic fluid left. There’s no way her baby could have survived.
Prudente and her partner decided the safest option was to fly to neighboring Spain, where she could obtain an abortion to safely help her body evacuate the pregnancy.
More: https://www.today.com/parents/pregnancy/malta-abortion-ban-vacation-american-woman-rcna35658 (No paywall, as far as I can tell.)
Andrea Prudente, 38, and Jay Weeldreyer, 45, planned to leave their babymoon in Malta with a slew of pictures and cherished memories. Instead, they left on an emergency flight to Spain. Malta has one of the strictest anti-abortion laws in the world — something the couple didn't know before booking their vacation, as TODAY Parents previously reported.
"A doctor overseeing my care in Malta told me my baby was going to die," Prudente told TODAY Parents while recovering in Majorca, Spain. "He said I was at risk of infection and hemorrhage, but because of the abortion laws in Malta he couldn't do anything for me."
*snip*
Malta is one of only a few countries in the European Union to ban abortion. Because doctors could still detect a fetal heartbeat, it was illegal to end Prudente's nonviable pregnancy.
*snip*
Dr. Isabel Stabile, a gynecologist and Doctors for Choice member practicing in Malta, reviewed Prudente’s medical notes and confirmed her water did break and that there was next to no amniotic fluid left. There’s no way her baby could have survived.
Prudente and her partner decided the safest option was to fly to neighboring Spain, where she could obtain an abortion to safely help her body evacuate the pregnancy.
More: https://www.today.com/parents/pregnancy/malta-abortion-ban-vacation-american-woman-rcna35658 (No paywall, as far as I can tell.)
This is exactly the kind of idiocy that women in red states in the U.S.have to look forward to now, thanks to the Extreme Court.
