Activist files lawsuit against Jason Azzopardi over Prudente claims

Women’s Rights Foundation activist and lawyer Dr Lara Dimitrijevic has filed a lawsuit against former PN MP Jason Azzopardi over claims he made about Andrea Prudente.

In a Facebook post, Azzopardi claimed that Andrea Prudente, along with husband Jay Weeldreyer, had been purposefully brought to Malta so that her failed pregnancy could create scandal over abortion in Malta.

The claims were also made by academic Simon Mercieca, who is also facing a lawsuit by Dimitrijevic. This comes just one day after the first debate on the amendment to Malta’s criminal code.

This would allow doctors to carry out a termination when a pregnancy poses a danger to the mother’s life or health.

Dimitrijevic also took to Facebook to slam comments made by Bernard Grech during his speech in parliament for taking Prudente’s name and mocking it. ‘Shame on you and the very least you can do, if you have a shred of human decency, is to apologise for your insensitivity and below the belt comments.’

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