So, what, Em2? If its a homeopathic abortion you're in favour, if its a medical one with money going to pharma companies its evil?

I am very glad to see that the bill, in its original form, recently passed parliament. Good to see that logic and science won the day.

I am pleased that the bill passed. I thought the fight had been fought 30 years ago and 80% of Australians accept abortion being legal.

In another forum someone said that if there are 100,000 abortions and 260,000 live births then 28% of women have an abortion. Their number crunching sucks, its 28% pregnancies end in abortion each year and its been estimated that 66% of Australian women have an abortion at least once in their life.

If the number of abortions worries you, then ask our legislatures promote family / child friendly policies that means adequate childcare, affordable housing, decent education, reasonable working conditions, ability to plan your career and dream of a decent future.

"aramis, the fact that there is so much debate on abortion shows that there it certainly was not laid to rest 20 or 30 years ago. "

a LOUD MINORITY that's all and that's the problem with this piece. It is not the role of government to tell us how to run our lives. Moral and ethical choices should be up to the individual not the government nor small pressure groups. You have to ask the question with the ease that the bill passed in the lower house and if the TGA pass the drug for use what was the real reason that this drug unavailble to Australians for the last ten years for?

Has anyone ever watched a movie or read a book that's about gender bias? Please tell me...

From the article:
"That is why the community deserves some say via Parliament"

Yes Pericles, this "Jones Minor" is certainly sniggering! If we had any real say, Harradine and his co-conspirators would not have got away with their blatantly dishonest tactics 10 years ago when RU486 was put into the hands of parliament instead of the obviously appropriate regulatory body, the TGA. And none of the present time and money wasting exercise would have been necessary.

Talking about us having some say, why haven't we got voluntary euthanasia legislation, when about 80% of us have wanted it for years? Because basically the same vocal minority who don't approve of abortion don't approve of that either. And some of them have the nerve to come on here and berate us for not being comfortable with what amounts to religious dictatorship.

Andrew

Which way did you vote?