It’s complicated
Because apparently the best way to counter simplistic, misguided arguments is by making different simplistic, misguided arguments.
Sing along for the right to choose
Tegan Leach and Sergei Brennan will soon be in court facing charges under Queensland’s barbarous abortion laws, which our self-described pro-choice feminist Premier lacks the bottle to even attempt to repeal. I have decided that the campaign to acquit Tegan [...]
What's with Anna Bligh?
In the wake of the unnecessary firesale of state assets, the Bligh government has continued down its merry path of trashing Labor policy. Last week we had the refusal to take any action over the charges laid against a 19 [...]
Medical abortion under a cloud in Queensland
A month ago, a Cairns woman and her partner faced the Magistrates’ Court after being charged with procuring an abortion. Abortion is generally legal in Queensland under similar case law to that in other states, but the charges were prompted [...]
Abortion is now legal in Victoria
Finally, Victoria’s abortion laws make explicit the clinical practice of the past several decades, with the passing of the legislation in the Upper House on Friday.
Pro-death Archbishops
As noted, the Victorian abortion law reform bill has sailed through the (lower) house, and Archbishop Dennis Hart is throwing a massive tanty about it: CATHOLIC hospitals might close their maternity and emergency departments if a proposed new abortion law [...]
How to persuade the waverers on the Victorian abortion bill?
A couple of comments on the thread about reforms to Victoria’s abortion laws suggested that it’s likely to come down to a few votes in the Legislative Council (the state Upper House). If so, success in passing the legislation is [...]
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