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1: 13 y/o Girl gets legal right to Abortion | May 10, 2014

A HIGH Court judge has ruled that a 13-year-old girl is has the right to decide if she wants to terminate her own pregnancy…





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2: No word yet on Geoff Shaw’s abortion bill: Vic premier | March 20, 2014

Controversial Victorian MP Geoff Shaw says he would like Victoria’s abortion laws changed and has flagged tabling a private member’s bill. Geoff Shaw wants to introduce a bill that allows doctors who objected to performing abortions and to refuse to refer women to another practitioner…





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3: Tasmanian Abortion rules are fiction: lawyers | November 22, 2013

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…





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4: Abortion access threatened by new law: doctors | September 12, 2013

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…





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5: Couples expecting girls ‘demand abortions’ because they want boys, say obstetricians | April 28, 2013

There have been a number of recent cases where parents have requested abortions on gender grounds. Obstetricians want ban on parents knowing child’s sex. Senate inquiry has been set-up to probe gender-based abortions…





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6: Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee set to recommend abortion drug RU486 | April 26, 2013

ABORTION drugs are set to be made easily available for less than $12 under new recommendations…





Attorney-General Nicola Roxon admitting the bill is badly worded.
7: Catholic hospitals fear abortion claims under anti-discrimination laws | February 1, 2013

CATHOLIC hospitals fear patients will use new anti-discrimination laws to demand abortions, vasectomies and IVF treatments now banned for religious reasons…





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8: Old laws mean doctors manipulate stories to provide abortions | January 30, 2013

OUTDATED laws are forcing doctors to twist the truth to get abortions for their patients, a study has found…





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9: Abortion & pregnancy termination – who has jurisdiction? | July 24, 2012

The Family Court has reinforced the reasoning that it does not have the power to make Orders regarding an unborn child and under the Family Law Act the Family Courts jurisdictional power only extends to children once born…





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10: Desperate father asks court to prevent abortion | April 10, 2012

A MAN has failed to win an injunction to stop his pregnant teenage ex-girlfriend from having an abortion. The man, who cannot be named, had asked the Family Court of Australia to direct the 16-year-old girl to inform him when she went into labour and for him to be given full responsibility for the child once it was born…




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