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Abortion
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Queensland Government commits $40m to abortion industry
- . 19 July 2024
The Miles Government has earmarked another $40 million to an initiative to bolster Queensland’s abortion industry. Source: The Catholic Leader.
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Bishops condemn EU Parliament’s abortion resolution
- . 17 April 2024
The Commission of European Union bishops conferences has denounced a resolution by the European Parliament to include the right to abortion in the bloc’s Charter of Fundamental Rights. Source: The Tablet.
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ACT to allow midwives, nurse practitioners to provide abortion medication
- . 11 April 2024
Nurse practitioners and midwives would be able to prescribe abortion medication under proposed laws introduced in the ACT Legislative Assembly. Source: Canberra Times.
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Concerns as Queensland widens access to chemical abortions
- . 22 March 2024
The Miles Government has passed a bill that would allow nurses and midwives in Queensland to dispense, prescribe, administer or supply MS-2 Step in the early stages of pregnancy. Source: Catholic Leader.
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France makes abortion a constitutional right
- . 5 March 2024
France has enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution, a world first welcomed by women’s rights groups as historic and harshly criticised by pro-life groups. Source: Yahoo News.
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France to codify ‘right to abortion’ in constitution
- . 1 February 2024
The French National Assembly yesterday voted to introduce a “right to abortion” in the French Constitution, less than two weeks after thousands of French citizens participated in the Paris March for Life. Source: CNA.
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NZ bishops want new Government to promote policies that reduce abortion
- . 19 December 2023
New Zealand’s bishops say the rise in abortion numbers since a 2020 law change is a tragedy and they want the new coalition Government to promote policies that reduce stresses that can lead to mothers opting for abortion. Source: NZ Catholic.
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Queensland to allow nurses and midwives to prescribe abortion pills
- . 1 December 2023
Queensland will become the first jurisdiction to allow nurses and midwives to prescribe medical abortion pills under new laws aimed at expanding abortion access in regional parts of the state. Source: The Australian.
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Abortion to be ‘preeminent priority’ in voting guide for US Catholics
- . 17 November 2023
The United States bishops will continue to highlight the threat of abortion as a “preeminent priority” in the introduction to a guide they’ll disseminate to Catholic voters ahead of the 2024 election. Source: CNA.