Two Australian senators from the centre-right Liberal party have introduced a private member’s bill to protect children who survive an abortion.
The bill was presented at the parliament on Nov. 30 by Queensland Senator Matt Cannavan, co-drafted by South Australia Senator Alex Antic and sponsored by United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet.
It seeks to place a duty of care on medical practitioners to provide medical care and treatment to a child born alive as a result of an abortion.
Under the bill, medical practitioners would face penalty if breaching that duty and need to report to the Federal Department of Health on children born alive as a result of abortions….
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