NSW ABORTION ACT Amendments annul some of the Act’s worst excesses*

There was applause in the lower house of the NSW Parliament on Thursday, September 26, as the Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 passed its final hurdle after weeks of protests and more than 70 hours of debate in both houses.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian was not present for the final vote.
Introduced on August 1 by independent MP Alex Greenwich, it first passed the lower house by 59 votes to 31 on August 8. A number of amendments were debated but most were defeated, a notable excepti…

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