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Malta’s Jane's — the underground abortion stories no one talks about

Some years ago I got a phone call from a friend on a summer evening, she wanted to come over and talk to me and wouldn’t tell me what the matter was. I was worried and agreed to meet her straight away.

We stood outside the house because the conversation was private and she didn’t want my parents to hear. Her sister was pregnant and desperate, the…