The assault on the most vulnerable members of our society continues with euthanasia proposals continuing to appear regularly in the Australian media. Arguably the most substantial of them is the private members bill, proposed by Senator David Leyonhjelm, to allow Territories to once again legislate euthanasia.
“Today is a tragic day for the smallest Victorians – those living in the womb of their mothers,” said Margaret Tighe, President of Right to Life Australia following the passage through the Victorian Parliament of the Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Safe Access Zones) Act 2015 in the early hours of today.
Right to Life Australia media release
“Truth was the first casualty of the debate about the so-called “Public Health and Wellbeing (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2015” in the Legislative Assembly today,” said Dr Katrina Haller, Chief Executive Officer of The Right to Life Australia.
Here are 10 reasons to oppose the “Public Health and Wellbeing Amendment (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2015”.
Julia Medew’s report in today’s (27/10/15) Age “Abortion Tourism thriving in Victoria” reflects a situation that should make the Andrews’ government hang its head in shame.
No longer are we the “garden state” but rather Australia’s “abortion state”.Since passage of the “Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 pushed through parliament by Daniel Andrews – then the Brumby government’s Health Minister – abortions can be carried out up till birth. Indeed, (as per the Medew article) on the demand - by a Victorian woman for an abortion at 26 weeks on psycho-social grounds (Age 23/10/15) illustrated, are expected to be provided.
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The Right to Life Australia Inc. defends the right to life of all human beings from conception until natural death. We lobby government for legal protection of the most vulnerable in society – the unborn baby, elderly, sick and those with disabilities.
PO Box 2029, Brunswick East
Victoria 3057 Australia
Phone: (03) 9385 0100
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Email: rtl@rtlaust.com
www.righttolife.com.au
We are non-party political and non-denominational. Right to Life is a political pressure group working to uphold the right to life of every person from conception to natural death. As such Right to Life Australia will strongly campaign against abortion, IVF, euthanasia, infanticide, embryo stem cell research. Right to Life Australia provides free counselling to women facing crisis pregnancies.
