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Queensland parliament passes ‘unprecedented’ gag on abortion debate

Ambush motion, introduced by David Crisafulli, aimed at preventing potential public disunity in LNP ranks by ensuring MPs won’t be forced into a conscience vote

Andrew Messenger
Tue 10 Dec 2024

The Queensland parliament has been banned from debate on abortion for four years after an ambush motion by the premier, David Crisafulli, in a move labelled “unprecedented”.

The motion also requires any “motion or amendment” seeking to have the house “express its views” on abortion be ruled out of order. Opposition and crossbench MPs labelled the move “extraordinary” and “unprecedented”.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/10/queensland-parliament-passes-unprecedented-gag-on-abortion-debate

10.12.2024

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Abortion provider accuses Nigel Farage of pushing anti-abortion agenda to ‘ingratiate’ himself with Trump

Reform UK leader accused of ‘using women’s bodies and lives to score cheap political points’

Maya Oppenheim, Women’s Correspondent
Tuesday 10 December 2024

Farage has been accused of pushing an anti-abortion agenda to “score cheap political points” and “ingratiate” himself with soon-to-be US president Donald Trump.

The Reform UK leader recently said parliament should debate rolling out stricter limits on abortion for women - suggesting the current time limit may need to be made shorter.

Continued: https://www.the-independent.com/news/uk/home-news/nigel-farage-abortion-debate-trump-b2661900.html

10.12.2024

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UK – RCN calls for decriminalisation of abortion

Madeleine Anderson
09 Dec 2024

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has called for the decriminalisation of abortion in England, Wales and Scotland. The union urged abortion to be treated as a health matter, rather than a criminal issue, in a statement issued last week.

It is currently a criminal offence for women to obtain an abortion without the approval of two doctors, as outlined in the 1967 Abortion Act, in England, Wales and Scotland.

Continued: https://www.nursinginpractice.com/clinical/womens-health/rcn-calls-for-decriminalisation-of-abortion/

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UK – Call to end abortion pills by post after poisoning

Dec 9, 2024
Clare Worden, BBC News, Norfolk

An anti-abortion group has called for abortion medication to stop being accessible by post after a man was convicted of poisoning a woman with pills. Stuart Worby, 40, from Dereham, Norfolk, was jailed for 12 years for sexually assaulting the pregnant woman and giving her abortion medication.

Right To Life UK wants the government to suspend the ability for people to be sent this medication by post, which was introduced during the Covid pandemic, in light of the case. The British Pregnancy Advisory Service said women needed to access safe abortions and should not be punished "for the actions of abusive men".

Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9wrpje9le1o

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Polish ruling party’s presidential candidate outlines aims on abortion, defence and economy

Dec 9, 2024
Notes from Poland

The presidential candidate of Poland’s main ruling party, Rafał Trzaskowski, has outlined the priorities for his campaign, including ending the near-total abortion ban, increasing defence spending, and tackling inflation.

Speaking at a convention of the centrist Civic Coalition (KO) – at which he was introduced by Prime Minister Donald Tusk – Trzaskowski asked Poles to imagine how the country might look today if he had won the 2020 presidential elections, when he was narrowly defeated by Andrzej Duda, the conservative incumbent.

“There would be no embarrassment on the international stage, huge inflation, destruction of Polish schools, medieval anti-abortion law,” said Trzaskowski. “We will not allow that, women must decide about their lives and health.”

Continued: https://notesfrompoland.com/2024/12/09/polish-ruling-partys-presidential-candidate-outlines-aims-on-abortion-defence-and-economy/

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UK – Ban abortion ‘pills by post’, ministers urged

Charles Hymas (The Telegraph)
Sun, December 8, 2024

Ministers have been urged to ban the “pills by post” at-home abortions scheme after a man used the medication to spike the drink of a woman and cause a miscarriage.

Stuart Worby was jailed on Friday for 12 years for assaulting the woman when he administered the abortion pills in a glass of orange juice after obtaining them online.

The pills by post scheme was introduced during the Covid pandemic to prevent the spread of the virus and enable women to obtain the medication online without having an in-person consultation with a medical professional.

Continued: https://www.yahoo.com/news/ban-abortion-pills-post-ministers-171301207.html

‘You feel like a criminal’: How trans people are pushed further to the margins in anti-abortion Brazil

Dec 8, 2024

São Paulo, Brazil — In the summer of 2023, Matheus terminated his pregnancy at a friend’s house. 26-year-old Matheus, who identifies as nonbinary and uses he/she pronouns, said he, made the decision because he felt unsafe with the person he had sex with, and the pregnancy triggered his gender dysphoria.

“I thought about how my body would be with the pregnancy, and it shakes me,” he told CNN, sitting at a park in the Brazilian city of São José dos Campos. “My breasts would have milk, and my breasts are a part of my body, that really bothers me”. Despite the toll the pregnancy would have taken on Matheus’ mental health – whose real name has been changed to protect his identity – what he did is illegal.

Continued: https://www.bundle.app/en/breakingNews/'you-feel-like-a-criminal':-how-trans-people-are-pushed-further-to-the-margins-in-anti-abortion-braz-da92d3b1-953c-4e45-bc98-a3ebee9f794f

German campaigners demand abortion be fully legalized

Femke COLBORNE
Dec 7, 2024

German campaigners are pushing for reform to remove legal hurdles for women seeking an abortion, with emotions running high on the issue as the country heads for early elections.

Under German law, abortion is illegal but tolerated in practice for women who are up to 12 weeks pregnant. However, a woman seeking to terminate a pregnancy must first receive compulsory counselling, followed by a three-day waiting period and many doctors say the process can be complicated as well as traumatic.

Continued: https://www.citizentribune.com/news/national/german-campaigners-demand-abortion-be-fully-legalised/article_6d07dcde-c96d-51b3-bd5a-16aec48b1e65.html

Viewpoint – A Mennonite recipe for abortion

By: MaryLou Driedger
Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024

Last month I went to see the play The Recipe at Winnipeg’s Warehouse Theatre. The script was the work of well-known Manitoba Mennonite writer Armin Wiebe. It featured characters Wiebe developed for his highly successful 1984 novel The Salvation of Yasch Siemens and its sequels all set in the fictional community of Gutenthal.

The recipe referenced in the title of Wiebe’s drama was, to the surprise of some theatre goers, actually a home remedy for bringing on a woman’s period. It was, in essence, a natural medicinal alternative to a clinical abortion.

Continued: https://www.thecarillon.com/local/2024/12/07/column-viewpoint-a-mennonite-recipe-for-abortion

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UK – Man jailed for poisoning woman with abortion drugs

Dec 6, 2024
Clare Worden, BBC News

A man has been jailed for 12 years for sexually assaulting a pregnant woman and giving her medication to cause a miscarriage.

Prosecutors said Stuart Worby administered the drugs in a glass of orange juice and when the victim was blindfolded under the guise of what they said was "kinky sex".

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered a miscarriage in hospital within hours of the assault.

Continued: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cje0p1dlzleo