Photograph, first published by anti-abortion campaigner Joanna Howe, purportedly taken at Townsville hospital
Tony Shepherd
Mon 9 Feb 2026
Authorities are trying to have the image removed from social media, while the Townsville Hospital and Health Service (THHS) is investigating how it was taken and shared.
Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe first published the photo.
She claims that after a woman at Townsville hospital had an abortion, a “whistleblower” took the photo in a room for grieving parents at the hospital and leaked it to her.