Victorian doctor who raped daughter and forced her to have an abortion jailed for 16 years
By Rachael Wong
A 74-year-old Victorian doctor, who was still working until last year, has been sentenced to 16-and-a-half years in prison, after sexually abusing his daughter for a decade.
Read moreWe need to talk about prenatal screening
By Rachael Wong
It’s time we had an honest and considered conversation about prenatal screening for disability.
Read moreMiracle story of abortion survivor and the reunion with her birth mother
“Melissa Ohden is the survivor of a botched abortion. You heard that correctly. You see, Melissa’s birth mum was eight months pregnant when her mother forced her to terminate her pregnancy. She was given a toxic saline solution over five days and it should have killed Melissa. In fact, she was thrown out as medical waste. But a nurse heard her weak cries and against all odds, Melissa, weighing barely a kilo, was revived, and ultimately adopted by a loving family.”
Read moreChina forces abortions, IUDs and sterilisations on Uighur women
By Rachael Wong
In a concerted campaign to control its Muslim population, an Associated Press investigation has revealed that the Chinese Government is forcing pregnancy tests, IUDs, abortions and sterilisations on hundreds of thousands of Uighur women and other ethnic minorities.
Read moreAbortion Reform At Odds With Authentic Feminism
By Carolyn Fiddelaers
Today, the NSW Legislative Council resumed debate on the controversial abortion bill. As a woman, a feminist, a disability advocate, and a health professional, I wholeheartedly disagree with this radical law reform being pushed in NSW, which imitates the extreme reforms adopted in my own state of Victoria in 2008. I am opposed to the reform for the simple reason that it doesn’t protect any woman. In any way.
Read moreNSW Abortion Campaign Not About Women's Health
A new campaign to 'decriminalise' and modernise' abortion laws in NSW was announced last week by an alliance of sixty ‘pro-choice’ groups. The ‘NSW Pro-Choice Alliance’ want abortion to be removed from the Crimes Act and ‘regulated like any other health procedure’.
Read moreAbortion And Mental Health
Mental health outcome after abortion is a question that won’t go away in a hurry.
Read moreThe Unforgotten Babies
By Marina Young
Some passions are born out of life experiences and others just by wanting to make a positive difference in the world. For me it’s both. In my life, I have made bad choices and I have craved love and acceptance. But I came to realise that it is never too late to start to make good decisions for the future.
Read moreLabor Believes “Women Deserve Better” When It Comes To Abortion. So Do We.
Last week, Labor announced a new $9.3 million policy that, among other things, would “progress the decriminalisation of abortion” in New South Wales and South Australia, and require public hospitals to offer free (taxpayer-funded) abortions as part of their Commonwealth funding arrangement.
Read moreNew York’s Historic Abortion Law Demands Further Ethical Consideration
By Charlene Sathi
On January 22, 2019, New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo passed the Reproductive Health Act which has brought the most significant change to New York abortion laws since the historic Roe v. Wade. In this case, 46 years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that a woman has a constitutional right to an abortion until the point of viability, roughly at the 24-week mark. Conversely, this new law allows women to obtain a legal abortion at any point in pregnancy until full-term.
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