Provisions in a bill to legalize abortion that threaten draconian fines to force objecting physicians and counsellors to facilitate the procedure are getting special attention in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Some members of the Council may be willing to support the bill if the measures aimed at suppressing freedom of conscience are substantially changed. [The Advocate]
- Some Tasmanian legislators concerned about freedom of conscience
- New frontiers in repressing dissent
- AMA Tasmania submission
- Australian regulator misrepresents physician obligations