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Say no to extreme pro-abortion laws (09/07/10) |
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 The claim, recently published in academic journals and newspapers, that a majority of Australians support "choice" on abortion is an exaggeration. In fact surveys show that Australians are inconsistent, perhaps even contradictory in their views on this issue, with results generally depending on the way that the question is asked. In general, Australians would prefer to see fewer abortions and regard late terms abortions as worse than terminations of less mature foetuses.
It is actually Victoria's new, extreme pro-abortion laws that represent a "yawning gap" with public opinion. Although most Victorians are not aware of it, the Abortion Act of 2008 now forces doctors and other medical personnel to be complicit in abortions - and even to perform them in some circumstances. This applies even to those medicos who know that abortion kills innocent people.
In any case, fundamental human rights such as the right to life do not have their source in opinion polls. The killing of members of any minority simply for their status is always wrong, no matter the views of the majority.
If the attitudes of a majority of people were to threaten the lives of members of any minority then simply legalising the destruction of members of that minority would clearly not be the appropriate response. Surely we should expect better of our academics than to push for this "solution". Clearly the proper course of action in such circumstances would be to educate the misguided majority and protect members of the vulnerable minority.
The Hon Peter Kavanagh MLC
Member for Western Victoria (Democratic Labor Party)
State Parliament of Victoria
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The scientists, James Sherley of
Boston and Theresa Deisher of
Seattle, had never met until this week, when they flew to
Washington to confer with House and Senate aides and lobby against research using embryonic stem cells. They were recruited separately by lawyers looking to challenge the federal policy.
"We have a responsibility and are taught to do ethical research," said Dr. Sherley in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. "This is impacting the quality of science in this country." |
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has prompted calls for "baby safe haven" facilities across
Australia
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The NSW opposition's spokeswoman for women and community services Pru Goward believes such havens are long overdue.
"I've never in my lifetime known children being abandoned or murdered in such great numbers as we have at the moment," Ms Goward told AAP on Friday.
"We have to do something about it."
The Australian Medical Association (AMA), church groups and Tasmanian Senator Helen Polley have joined in the call for the facilities that would allow mothers to abandon unwanted babies legally into a safe, caring environment. |
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The newborn body was wrapped in a towel and jammed in a cardboard box which was partially buried in mulch in a communal garden area of the Starthbelle apartments in Beresford Rd about 8am.
The same gardener goes through the area each morning.
He told police he is sure the box, measuring 40cm by 40cm, was not there yesterday.
Detective inspector Hans Rupp said police believed the baby's mother used the cover of darkness to discard her baby's body. |
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