On the law governing termination of pregnancy
Introduction
The Tasmanian branch of the Australian Medical Association expressed qualified support for statutory legalization of abortion in a submission to the Tasmanian state government concerning its proposed Reproductive Health (Access to Terminations) Bill 2013. However, the Association also emphasized its opposition to parts of the proposed bill that would suppress freedom of conscience among physicians. Those parts of the submission are reproduced below. [Read more . . .]