I didn’t think Australia would still be religious enough to have considered this. They’re generally more liberal than the US.
I don’t have any numbers, but I suspect that there are more openly religious people in government compared to the general population. Which could simply be due to the average age of politicians being older.
And SA is known to be a pretty religious place historically compared to the rest of Australia.
…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.
Emphasis mine.
That’s 10 weeks early. I’m far from an expert but that’s extremely premature, right? Like, that baby is going to be in a very precarious place for a significant amount of time, yeah?
Again, I’m far from an expert but that seems horrible for literally everyone involved, especially the child! Possibly leading to lifelong health and developmental issues.
[Ben Hood] has previously said that, once born, if the baby “isn’t compatible with life”, it would then be given palliative care.
Takes “born to die” to the extreme.
If a woman seeks abortion at that stage, it is almost guaranteed to be due to a condition that would seriously endanger her, the baby, or both, if the pregnancy was carried to term. Nobody just decides after 27 weeks that they simply don’t want the baby. In these cases, inducing to deliver the baby will likely not help the baby and it could still seriously harm the mother.
What this guy proposes would be, in most cases, indistinguishable from an abortion, but way more harmful for everyone involved. It’s telling that it is usually men who try to push these kinds of law.
Worse still that an MP came in form sick leave to vote against.
From what I read somone would abstain and shed be on leave, making the votes even out. Then they pulled out and said they’d vote so she came in to have her vote count!
It’s one of the worst feelings when you realise that social progress isn’t guaranteed, and regressions happen frequently throughout history.
Which is what this is about. The number of later term abortions is tiny, but this would get them a foot in the door & reopen debate.
Fucking hell SA
