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Woman who had miscarriage in Malta taken to Spain to abort

A general view of the Son Espases University Hospital where an American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta is is hospitalised in Palma Mallorca, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta, Prudente was receiving treatment Friday in a hospital on the Spanish island of Mallorca because Maltese law prohibits abortion, the woman's partner said. Jay Weeldreyer told The Associated Press that doctors at the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma de Mallorca were preparing his partner, Andrea Prudente, for a procedure to remove the remaining fetal tissue because she was at risk of a life-threatening infection. (AP Photo/Francisco Ubilla) A general view of the Son Espases University Hospital where an American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta is is hospitalised in Palma Mallorca, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta, Prudente was receiving treatment Friday in a hospital on the Spanish island of Mallorca because Maltese law prohibits abortion, the woman's partner said. Jay Weeldreyer told The Associated Press that doctors at the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma de Mallorca were preparing his partner, Andrea Prudente, for a procedure to remove the remaining fetal tissue because she was at risk of a life-threatening infection. (AP Photo/Francisco Ubilla) Andrea Prudente's husband Jay Weeldreyer poses for a photo at the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma Mallorca, Spain, Friday, June 24, 2022. A pregnant American woman who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta, Prudente was receiving treatment Friday in a hospital on the Spanish island of Mallorca because Maltese law prohibits abortion, the woman's partner said. Jay Weeldreyer told The Associated Press that doctors at the Son Espases University Hospital in Palma de Mallorca were preparing his partner, Andrea Prudente, for a procedure to remove the remaining fetal tissue because she was at risk of a life-threatening infection. (AP Photo/Francisco Ubilla) 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. (Jay Weeldreyer via AP) Andrea Prudente, 38, who suffered an incomplete miscarriage while vacationing in Malta is seen with her partner Jay Weeldreyer, right, in this undated photo taken in Deception Pass, WA, provided by the couple on 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. (Jay Weeldreyer via AP)
Woman who had miscarriage in Malta taken to Spain to abort