Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Leader of the Opposition Simon Busuttil were last week presented with the pro-life book '...jiena xi ħadd... li jokrob mill-ġuf ta' mara' published by Horizons Publications.

"I want to dedicate this publication to the leaders of Malta and Gozo, and to all those in whatever responsible position in the hope that they have the moral strength to keep abortion officially away from our shores," Mr Borg said.

The author presents short stories and some poems in Maltese and in English. The stories deal with the raw facts of abortion and describe abortion methods openly, as he believes readers have the right to be aware of what frequently goes on.

"Above all I wish that every woman becomes ever more aware of the beautiful things that happen in her body when a new life is on the way. Should every female realise the amazing and incredible processes that the female body is capable of in order for a new life to form, no one would ever contemplate abortion."

Mr Borg does not mince his words in exposing the gruesome objects in a stainless steel dish inside the clinic, nor does he keep back from exposing the frequently business-as-usual attitude of some people involved whose job it is to protect life and not to destroy life. He delves into humanity's efforts to prolong life and the same humanity's crave to destroy life. He describes the crude factors facing a young pregnant woman leading to this momentous situation in her life. He uses literature as a medium to investigate her difficulties, her indecision and her helplessness.

The stories bring to light situations where everyone's interests are considered, except those of the little defenceless human inside the womb. The author brings to light complex situations where abortion is considered the solution to rape or to unfairly deprive the possibility of the beauty of life to an unfortunate creation with a faulty number of chromosomes. Why should the voiceless and blameless tiny offspring have to suffer when he/she has done nothing wrong?

The author expresses a dire need to give the little creature a voice it does not yet have.

"It is so strange that Europeans are amongst those who so vociferously denounce Auschwitz and Sobibor and Birkenau and genocides all over the globe and over all centuries of human history - yet that same Europe accepts the killing of little unborn babies. They accept the butchering of the unborn as well as placing a helpless, innocent life in jeopardy by a poisonous pill that prevents the little creature from reaching the environment that nourishes life and growth."  

He makes it clear that although he is decidedly pro-life, the discussion should not simply probe the innocent baby's right to life in terms of a woman's right on her own body, nor a simple vote for or against abortion. It is a deeper choice that digs profoundly into the soul of the female as a mother, and should be re-phrased, using the terms to love or not to love. It is primarily an intimate and purely personal consideration that should be based exclusively on the great gift of infinite motherly love for the unique and awesome creation inside her tummy.

"The female body is not just visibly beautiful," the author maintains, "but there is an internal, microscopic beauty, it is a marvellous, breathtaking wonder, an invisible wonder when a woman's body starts the process of 'making' a baby, and it has to be known by every girl and every woman."