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The “Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 – which decriminalises abortion in NSW – has a drafting error in it, according to Freedom For Faith‘s Michael Kellahan.
The drafting error makes the “conscientious objection” provision in the bill much less effective, despite being designed to protect medical practitioners who do not wish to be involved in abortion.
The effect is that the protection is not operative where the pregnant woman herself asks for a termination of the pregnancy. . . [Full text]
The concern raised in this article appears to be based on a misreading of the provision, which, however, is not clearly written and is problematic for other reasons. See Abortion bill in New South Wales a global first: Freedom of conscience conditional upon gestational age