Tag: Abortion

Hospitals and hospital managers would be barred from blocking abortions under new guidelines proposed by NSW Health.  

The NSW Supreme Court recently deemed a law that sought to ban protests near places of worship as unconstitutional. But why are we still prohibited from praying outside abortion clinics, asks Monica Doumit.

The sole Libertarian Party member of the NSW Parliament will introduce a bill banning sex-selective abortion on 22 October. All are invited to a rally outside on Macquarie Street. 

John Ruddick’s bill to ban sex-selective abortion will be the first time that I can remember where the good guys will be introducing proactive legislation that will chip away at the god of unfettered abortion and it feels good, writes Monica Doumit.

Spain's socialist government is pushing for regional "blacklists" of doctors who object to performing abortions, sparking backlash from medical and Catholic leaders.

Victorian GP Dr Jereth Kok posted on Facebook: “2020 will be remembered as the year when the facemask replaced the tinfoil hat as a symbol of paranoid hysteria?” Consequently he could be banned from practicing medicine.

The tragic case of a Queensland Court authorising a 12-year-old girl to have an abortion was made even more tragic by the reality that those who were supposed to be acting in her best interests failed to do so.

Statistics released by the Department of Health in Ireland showed that 10,852 abortions were performed in Ireland in 2024—representing a 62.8 per cent increase over the 6,666 abortions performed in 2019.

Nearly one in three conceptions in England and Wales end in abortion, newest government figures have revealed. Statistics on annual conceptions released 9 July by the Office for National Statistics showed that in 2022, 29.69 per cent of all conceptions in England and Wales ended in abortion, up from 26.54 per cent a year earlier.

Pro-life advocates have welcomed a move to ban sex-selective abortion in New South Wales, following explosive new research indicating the practice is already used in the country to preference boys. 

After two hours of debate in the House of Commons 17 June, with a majority of 242 votes needed, MPs voted 379 to 137 in support of an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, which removes criminal liability from any woman who aborts her child for any reason up to and during birth.

Scotland has seen a dramatic rise in abortions involving Down syndrome diagnoses, with government figures showing an 82 per cent increase since 2021.