On the week scheduled for the big debate, knowing he didn’t have the numbers, the Independent Member for Cairns, Rob Pyne, withdrew his two bills from the Queensland Parliament which sought to decriminalise abortion right up to full term, compel professionals to assist in some abortions and supress free speech anywhere near an abortion clinic.
The bills were scheduled for debate on Ash Wednesday, March 1, the first day of Lent in the Christian calendar. Lent is a period of fasting and…
