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A woman who had a miscarriage in Malta was taken to Spain for an abortion

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Andrea Prudente, 38, who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta lies in her bed at the Mater Dei Hospital in Msida, Malta, comforted by her partner Jay Weeldreyer, left, Thursday, June 23, 2022. Prudente will be airlifted to a Spanish island on Thursday for a procedure to prevent infection because Maltese law prohibits abortion under any circumstances, the woman's partner said.
Andrea Prudente, 38, in Malta He left on Thursday, June 23, 2022, comforted by his partner Jay Weeldreyer in a bed at Mater Dei Hospital in Msida, Malta, where he suffered an incomplete miscarriage during his vacation. Prudente will be airlifted to the Spanish island on Thursday. Maltese law prohibits miscarriage under any circumstances, so steps to prevent infection, a female partner said. Photo: Jay Weeldreyer/Related Press

Palmade Mallorca, Spain (AP) — Pregnant A woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage during her vacation in Malta, an American, was being treated on Friday at a hospital in Mallorca, Spain, because Maltese law prohibits abortion, her partner said. Told.

Jay Wheeldrayer is in the Associated Press, a doctor at the Son Espaces University Hospital in Palma de Mallorca, steps to remove fetal tissue from which partner Andrea Prdente remains. He said he was preparing. There is a risk of life-threatening infections.

A medical evacuation flight transported a couple from Malta to Mallorca late Thursday.

Prudente, 38, experienced massive bleeding on June 12, followed by premature rupture of her amniotic sac and placental separation, Weeldreyer, 45, told AP Thursday. ..

The Maltese hospital where she was treated carefully monitored her for signs of infection, but he said she was unable to perform surgery to complete her miscarriage. I did.

Malta is the only European Union member state that has banned abortion for some reason.

A couple from Issaquah, Washington, a town near Seattle, arrived in Malta on June 5th for the purpose of planning a "Bay Beamoon" vacation. A week after the trip, Prudente began to bleed and she encountered "the worst of all possible worlds, without good choices." He showed that she was 16 weeks pregnant at that time.

Spanish law allows abortion on demand from the 14th week of pregnancy to the 22nd week when women's lives and health are at stake.

The Malta Women's Rights Foundation last week filed a legal protest in court demanding the legalization of abortion in a small island nation.

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Ciaran Giles of Madrid and Frances D’ Emilio of Rome contributed to this report.

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