Over the past three decades,I have witnessed a dismal saga of opportunism,fanaticism,mendacity,concupiscence,hypocrisy and cowardice.
“When I went to bed,I had my appointment and everything was set,and then today it’s like pre-1973,” one woman said.
Pope Francis celebrated families on Saturday and urged them to shun “selfish” decisions that are indifferent to life as he closed out a big Vatican rally a day after the US Supreme Court ended constitutional protections for abortion.
States have already started enacting bans. Pro-choice groups warn the decision to overturn Roe v Wade may lead to more unsafe procedures.
Children by Choice chief executive Daile Kelleher said she had no doubt Australian opponents of abortion would be energised by the US decision.
US politicians are questioning Google search results that divert people looking for abortion services to “fake clinics” that don’t provide the procedure and dissuade people from ending a pregnancy.
Finn’s Liberal colleagues voted to expel him in a party room meeting on Tuesday morning. He will move to the crossbench in the upper house.
The religious lobby group has started an online petition urging party not to expel the controversial MP,says his “traditional Christian beliefs” are “accepted by many thousands of Victorians”.
A majority of Americans support abortion rights - but will this issue galvanise them to vote Democrat in November?
Bernie Finn resigned as opposition whip after posting controversial anti-abortion views on Facebook last week.
Microsoft is the latest corporate giant to confront the issue following the release of a draft Supreme Court opinion last week that would overturn a landmark ruling that legalised abortion throughout the US.