US couple being ‘held hostage’ at hospital in Malta after life-saving abortion ruled out and doctors bar UK travel due to Malta’s strictest anti-abortion laws in the EU

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1. Well, that’s fucked.

2. wait, so they refuse to send her home so both can die in malta? ….

3. So much to unpack…a “babymoon” (what the fuck is that), medical holds, Maltese laws, extraterritoriality. Above all else, are they being held truly hostage? Can this be done in this circumstance? It’s pretty fucked a situation, but what tf is Malta gonna do—arrest them if they leave? So much is missing here, and the linked article sucks for any contextual information

4. What is this madness?

5. So if they’re not allowed to fly because the air-pressure may induce labor (which could be fatal in a plane, especially with a miscarriage), why don’t they board a ferry to Italy?

6. Welcome to your future, America. Should have learned from the senseless deaths of women in Ireland and Poland.

   Also, don’t visit pro forced birth countries when pregnant.

7. Wait so why did a US couple travel to Malta knowing that they have strict abortion laws?

   (edit)

   “Andrea Prudente and her partner Jay Weeldreyer, from Seattle, were on holiday on the small Mediterranean island when Prudente, 16 weeks pregnant, started bleeding.”

   Okay that’s a pretty fucked up situation.

   I feel sorry for the couple.

8. I hope she doesnt get sepsis.