On Wednesday October 17, 2018, Queensland became the second Australian state to legalise open-slather abortion and simultaneously remove the conscientious objection of medical practitioners to opt out of referrals for the lethal procedure in an emotional and often personal debate that succeeded 50 votes to 41.
Other than a gestational limit two weeks earlier and the inclusion of “safe access zones” within the bill, the entire process has been a carbon copy of the Victorian…
