Voluntary euthanasia is a step closer to reality in Victoria after bid to derail proposed state laws last night failed…

The bill known as Zoe’s Law would amend the Crimes Act to make it a crime to harm or destroy a child in utero…

Psychiatrists are handing their patients’ confidential records to the courts amid threats of jail, under a flourishing practice by solicitors of issuing “dirt digging” subpoenas…

DOCTORS can ignore restrictions on late-term abortions in Tasmania without fear of prosecution and potentially without any professional sanction, according to senior legal figures…

The New South Wales Health Minister and Attorney-General have taken opposing sides over proposed legislation to change the legal definition of an unborn child. MPs will be allowed a conscience vote on the private member’s bill, which is designed to allow criminal liability for the death of a foetus that is at least 20 weeks old. Currently, charges can only be laid over the injury or death of the mother…

PARENTS will face tough new hurdles if they want to enroll unvaccinated children at school, under a crackdown being planned by Health Minister Tanya Plibersek…

The organisation does not present a balanced case for vaccination and has no medical evidence to back its anti-vaccination stance…