Facing unthinkable challenges about the meaning of “love”
By Dr Emma Wood
The Sydney Morning Herald recently published one of the saddest abortion stories I’ve ever read. It is the kind of story that unsettles you, whether you regard yourself as “pro-choice” or “pro-life”. If you are pro-choice, the story forces you to come to grips with the humanity of the foetus. If you are pro-life, the story might cause you to wonder, even if momentarily, whether the principles by which you stand are sufficiently nuanced or compassionate.
Read morePoland’s new protections for babies with disabilities should be celebrated
By Rachael Wong
Over the past two weeks, thousands of people in Poland have been protesting a new Constitutional Court ruling that found abortions on the basis of disability unconstitutional, demanding for women to have “freedom of choice”.*
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 moreAustralia Must Better Protect The Rights And Dignity Of Women With Disabilities
By Helena Adeloju
A controversial ‘best interest’ ruling handed down by the Court of Protection in the United Kingdom last month, would have forced an intellectually disabled woman to have her pregnancy terminated. However, following a legal challenge by the woman’s mother and heavy criticism in the media, the ruling was swiftly overturned on appeal.
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