There are renewed calls for a public debate on Malta’s continuing bans on abortion and the morning after pill. <br /> <br /> Having an abortion is punishable by up to three years in jail – and those who carry them out can be imprisoned for four years and barred from practising. <br /> <br /> Insiders reporter Valerie Gauriat travelled to Malta to investigate how much of an appetite there is for change, in a country where talking openly about the issue is out of the question. <br /> <br /> Abortion – Malta’s taboo subject <br /> <br /> “I was 17 and I got pregnant. The decision was to go to England and get a termination. Something went wrong in the procedure because I woke up, half way through. And I wanted to get off the operating table. And they said no, no, and put me back down. And I think they hurried up, they rushed the operation,” said one Maltese woman, who’s identity is being protected. <br /> <br /> “The day after, when I left, I was in pain, and then was in the aeroplane I started heavily bleeding, with lots of blood clots.” <br /> <br /> Ano
