NSW abortion laws in spotlight after Queensland MPs vote to decriminalise pregnancy terminations

NSW abortion laws in spotlight after Queensland MPs vote to decriminalise pregnancy terminations

By state political reporter Bridgid Glanville
Oct 23, 2018

Abortion's criminal status in NSW is back in the spotlight, after the State Opposition promised to review pregnancy termination laws which date to 1900.

Last week, Queensland's Parliament voted to decriminalise abortion, leaving NSW as the only state where the procedure remains punishable with a jail term.

Continued: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-24/nsw-abortion-laws-to-be-reviewed-under-labor/10422434