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"A child that faces a bedridden life. A girl with intellectual disabilities
raped by a family member. Victims of domestic violence or reproductive
coercion. There are a variety of distressing reasons women have later stage
terminations.
There is no easy definition of when an abortion is considered “late” or
“late-term”. It is generally considered anything after 20 weeks’ gestation, but
the states and territories have a patchwork of legislation with various
milestones.
What is clear is that later terminations are the new target of anti-abortion
activists, now that abortion has been decriminalised across Australia.
On Wednesday South Australia’s upper house held a conscience vote on
legislation that would force women seeking an abortion after 27 weeks and six
days – an extremely rare occurrence – to be induced, to deliver the child
alive, and keep it or adopt it out.
The bill was narrowly defeated with 10 votes opposed to 9 in favour."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
