News

International News Comment & Analysis Australian News Cultural Dissent Loose Cannons Cartoons

Archives

Browse Search

Hot Topics

Environment Workers & Unions Latin America Anti-war Art & culture Asia Region Indigenous rights

Discussions

GLW Discussions List Links Bolivia Rising Ecuador Rising LeftClick Live from Palestine

Advertising

The following ads are selected by google. For more info click here.

ISSUES
SHOCKFACTS: Restricted abortion rights


24 November 2004

  • Abortion is still illegal in most Australian states except when the pregnant woman’s life is in danger.

  • The ACT is the only territory or state that has removed abortion from criminal statutes.

  • Abortion laws were liberalised in WA after two doctors were charged for performing unlawful abortions in 1998.

  • Abortion laws in four jurisdictions are still based on an 1861 English law.

  • In WA, abortions after 20 weeks must be approved by a government committee.

  • For more than two decades, opinion polls have shown that a majority of Australians support women’s right to access abortion.

  • The RU486 “abortion pill” is banned in Australia.

  • Globally, more than 200,000 women die every year from botched illegal abortions.

[Sources: < http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/181_04_160804/dec10242_fm.A HREF="mailto:html"><html> and <http://www.who.org>. Got a shockfact? Email <glw@greenleft.org.au>.]

From Green Left Weekly, November 24, 2004.
Visit the Green Left Weekly home page.


From: Archives, Green Left Weekly issue #607 24 November 2004.
Subscribe to GLW 7 issues for $10
LinksLinks Resistance books Venezuela Solidarity Resistance - Australia Activist calendar Socialist Alliance Support Green Left Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific