Posts Tagged ‘Abortion in Australia’

Queensland committee rejects bill to protect babies born alive after abortion

Thursday, October 3rd, 2024

Queensland babies that survive late-term abortions are legally left to die by the doctors and midwives who deliver them. Traeger MP Robbie Katter introduced the Babies Born Alive Bill earlier this year to protect these newborns under the law. However, a parliamentary committee recommended that the government reject the bill this week. Under the current Read more

Minister for Women ‘considers’ hospital funding tie to abortion

Monday, March 18th, 2024

Australian Federal Minister for Women Katy Gallagher says the government should do more to make abortions accessible to women. She has left open the possibility of tying hospital funding to abortion provision in her National Press Club address on gender equality held last week. Answering a journalist’s direct question about whether the Labor government would Read more