Aussie wrote on Jun 21
st, 2017 at 2:45pm:
Quote:Don't forget the QLD criminal code is not always overlooked, sometimes it is enforce, so what are those labor women trying to say about women's rights?
Nothing. They are staying well under the radar and at the same time....turning a blind eye to what we all see and know.
Well as I said the Police who enforce the law, don't always 'turn a blind eye' to a crime and nor should they be required to.
If we were talking about the LNP and their male leaders I can guarantee you the replies would not be so accommodating. and they haven't been in the past either.
If two female labor leaders refuse to do anything about women's reproductive rights, I guess the state of QLD will always be the hillbilly joke you southerners make it out to be.
A 12-YEAR-OLD Queensland girl’s heartbreaking abortion case is at the centre of a renewed push to decriminalise abortion across Australia.
The Rockhampton schoolgirl, identified by the courts only as “Q”, sought an abortion in April this year after becoming pregnant.
After asking for an abortion from her local general practitioner, the girl was referred to a public hospital. There, although a specialist obstetrician deemed it appropriate for her to have a termination, the health service administration applied to the Queensland Supreme Court to authorise the abortion.
That meant a lengthy litigation process that delayed the termination the girl was later found by the court to be entitled to by a month, and a whole lot of distress.
The case of Q is the focus of an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia advocating for the criminal laws in place in Queensland and New South Wales — which saw the legal system interrupt Q’s abortion — to be repealed.
The article’s authors argue for the abortion to be legalised as underage girls seek help with unwanted pregnancies. They cite figures from Brisbane organisation Children by Choice saying that in the 12 months to June 2016, the services saw 16 girls aged 13 or under who presented with unplanned pregnancy.
http://www.news.com.au/news/heartbreaking-12yearolds-abortion-case-at-centre-of-...