Sunday Paper Snippet II
DOCTORS say the State Government's decision to include a 24-week gestational threshold after which a woman will need the approval of two doctors in order to terminate a pregnancy creates an unnecessary complication in the bill to decriminalise abortion.
theage.com.au - Read more ...
After reading this article today, I couldn't believe that there a people who believe a woman can decide at any time to have an abortion.
The law has to specify a threshold to stop all but the absolutely necessary late-term abortions. I've never believed that abortion should not be available legally, but the thought of a woman and her doctor being able to agree to a termination of her pregnancy at anytime before the birth horrifies me.
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