Australia – Abortion battles erupt in two states

New legislation in QLD and NSW could impose further hurdles on health practitioners providing medical terminations.

02 June 2026
By Alyssa Talakovski

Dual threats to abortion care have emerged in both QLD and NSW, sparking pushback from GPs and nurses alike.

The Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation 2026 would enable more nurses and midwives in Queensland to administer the medical termination pill MS2-Step.

But Katter Australian Party leader Robbie Katter has lodged a disallowance motion against the amendment.

Continued: https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/abortion-battles-erupt-in-two-states/126176

Abortion has become a surprise topic ahead of Queensland’s election. What are the rules across Australia?

By Emma Pollard
Oct 14, 2024

Abortion has become a surprise subject of debate in the Queensland election – putting an issue that many Australians might have thought was settled, back on the national agenda.

If the polls are correct, the Liberal National Party (LNP) will sweep Queensland Labor out of office on October 26, re-electing a swathe of MPs who voted to keep abortion in the criminal code in 2018 and ushering in some candidates who've publicly expressed anti-abortion views.

Continued: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-15/abortion-queensland-election-kap-lnp-women-health/104468956

14.10.2024

Liberal National Party

Queensland abortion law

Did Katter’s Australian Party just make abortion a Queensland election issue?

By Matt Eaton
Wednesday 9 October

Abortion will almost certainly become an issue in Queensland parliament again if an LNP government is elected later this month. Less than a decade after it was decriminalised, the debate this time would be about whether to reinstate abortion as a criminal offence.

LNP leader David Crisafulli's oft-repeated mantra that it's "not part of our plan, I'm ruling it out" fails to address the likely sequence of future events.

Continued: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-10/qld-abortion-analysis-kap-election-debate/104450992

09.10.2024