Christian Democratic Party leader Fred Nile. Photo: Jon Reid
1: Fred Nile gives renewed push to Zoe’s law to criminalise harm to a fetus | October 17, 2017

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…

Catchwords: Crimes Act, Harm a child in utero.

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2: 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…

Catchwords: Under-age abortion rights

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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…

Catchwords: Abortion

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4: 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…

Catchwords: Abortion, Gender-Selective Abortions, Inquiry, Medicare Rebates, Parental, Research, Senate Committee

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5: 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…

Catchwords: Abortion, Abortion, Family Assistance, Parental, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, Research, RU486

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OUTDATED laws are forcing doctors to twist the truth to get abortions for their patients, a study has found…

Catchwords: Abortion, Abortion, Mental Illness & Abortion, Parental, Parental Rights, Research

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7: 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…

Catchwords: Abortion, Parental

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8: 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…

Catchwords: Abortion, Injunction, Parental, Parental Rights