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Diana Cacciottolo

Freelance Journalist

Diana Cacciottolo is a freelance contributor to the Thomson Reuters Foundation.

March 14, 2023

When Marion Mifsud Mora started miscarrying while visiting her parents in Malta she rapidly developed a serious infection that left her battling for her life.

Back home in Canada doctors would have swiftly ended the pregnancy, but Malta's abortion ban meant medics could not intervene until the foetal heartbeat stopped.