Abortion bill debated in NSW parliament
Jodie Stephens and Heather McNab
6 Aug 2019
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has urged colleagues to back a bill decriminalising abortion in order to "right a wrong" enacted in law more than a century ago.
Mr Hazzard on Tuesday launched a NSW lower house debate on a private members bill allowing pregnancy terminations up to 22 weeks.
Continued: https://www.thesenior.com.au/story/6312025/abortion-bill-debated-in-nsw-parliament/
Abortion clinic 'safe access zones' become law in NSW
By Lisa Visentin
8 June 2018
Protesters will face jail time for harassing people outside abortion facilities after NSW Parliament passed laws to impose 150-metre "safe access zones" around clinics and hospitals that provide terminations.
The laws, which are aimed at ensuring the privacy and safety of women accessing clinics, passed easily and without amendment through the Legislative Assembly, with a final vote of 61 to 18 in favour.
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