The Medicines Authority has filed a counter-protest against a protest filed by the Life Network Foundation doctors who argued that the morning after pill is an abortive agent and goes against the law on the protection of embryos.

The counter protest was filed this afternoon by the Medicines Authority claiming that the allegations made by Miriam Sciberras and Klaus Vella Bardon were unfounded.

"The Authority wants to make it clear that presence of the morning after pill as emergency contraception will not result in abortion. It will provide an opportunity for the incidents of abortion to be decreased," the protest said.

The two doctors had filed a judicial protest against the Medicines Authority, saying they will hold it responsible for the consequences of introducing abortifacient Morning-After-Pill products. Dr Miriam Sciberras and Dr Klaus Vella Bardon filed the protest against Professor Anthony Serracino Inglott, the Chairman of the Medicines Authority.

The counter-protest was signed by lawyer Maurizio Cordina.