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[In Australia,] State's upper house drags feet in passing law legalising abortion despite an overwhelming 75-percent support by voters.
The Reproductive Health Care Act 2019, which seeks to bring the state in line with the rest of Australia, would allow abortion up to 22 weeks. It was passed by the state lower house in August, with 59 votes in favour and 31 against. The bill's backers say the change will protect women and reduce some of the stigma associated with the procedure, but the legislation has attracted intense debate and national attention.
Barnaby Joyce, a former deputy prime minister, claimed the bill ignored the rights of unborn children and, at an anti-abortion rights rally over the weekend, former prime minister Tony Abbott alleged the move to decriminalise would enable "infanticide on demand".
Terminations have existed in a legal grey area - allowed for health or economic reasons, but still carrying a risk of prosecution. "We need to take abortion out of the Crimes Act and give women autonomy over their decisions," Family Planning NSW Medical Director Dr Deborah Bateson told Al Jazeera.
A survey released this month by Pro-Choice NSW showed that more than 77 percent of the state's residents support decriminalisation.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Friday September 20 2019, @01:19AM (4 children)
That 77%. Who are they voting for that it doesn't match up in parliament? I mean, is it possible to be pro-choice and vote for anti-choice politicians? Does that seem logical?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 3, Insightful) by c0lo on Friday September 20 2019, @01:32AM (1 child)
Well, it is rational:
- it's a matter that is secondary to you and you make a compromise on it at voting time (and keep your fingers crossed that the issue won't surface); *and/or*
- it's a matter that didn't play during the electoral campaign, so you didn't know the position of the candidate you voted for.
As for the matter of being logical? I find nothing related to politics (or even democracy) as logical.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Friday September 20 2019, @03:33AM
People ignore the periphery at their own peril.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Friday September 20 2019, @01:40AM
re. The voters: It's probably not the main issue for most of them. I would guess at least 50%, maybe as high as 90%, vote on economic grounds. Many of the rest vote based on other issues.
re. The Act: It's more about reducing stigma and improving access than stopping punishment. In the last 25 years, only 12 people have been prosecuted and 4 convicted of having an abortion. The harshest sentence was a doctor given a two-year good behaviour bond.
If you cough while drinking cheap red wine it really cleans out your sinuses.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Friday September 20 2019, @07:33PM
Single-vote issues. "We'll vote for X because he opposes immigration, and ignore the fact that he also opposes abortion, freedom of speech, women's right to vote, anyone who isn't a Christian, and keeps a bust of Adolph Hitler on his desk".