How the US right-to-life movement is influencing the abortion debate in Australia

How the US right-to-life movement is influencing the abortion debate in Australia

August 21, 2019
Prudence Flowers

As the abortion decriminalisation bill gradually makes its way through the NSW parliament, opponents have been increasingly drawing on their long relationship with the right-to-life movement in the United States to lobby against the measure and try to push for more restrictive amendments.

This has been a trend in the anti-abortion movement in Australia for a while now. Activists have adopted some of the most successful elements of the US movement’s rhetoric and tactics in recent years in an effort to influence the debate in Australia.

Continued: https://theconversation.com/how-the-us-right-to-life-movement-is-influencing-the-abortion-debate-in-australia-121974


Nauru scraps proposed abortion laws for refugees and asylum seekers

By Michael Walsh 7, Nov 11, 2016

The law change was opposed by both government and opposition MPs in Parliament. The Nauruan Government has withdrawn a bill that would have legalised abortions for refugee and asylum seeker women.

Nauru's Border Protection Minister David Adeang introduced the bill to the Parliament last week, but in a rare sign of disunity, it was opposed by both government and opposition MPs.

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Source: MSN.com