Megan's Blog – February 2009 Archive (1)

ABORTION DEBATE





The current `debate’



Conservative religious and political leaders are at it again, trying to restrict women’s access to abortion in this country.



Since its re-election in October 2004, the Coalition federal government, with right-wing Christian support, has steadily campaigned to make abortion a contentious issue. Health minister Tony Abbott is publicly campaigning for an end to Medicare rebates for terminations, and Christopher Pyne,… Continue