‘Sensitive issue’:LNP campaign mired in questions of conscience

‘Sensitive issue’:LNP campaign mired in questions of conscience

The LNP leader has brushed off a third day of questions about abortion laws,while the premier has promised to grant Labor MPs a conscience vote.

  • byMatt Dennien

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‘Show their true colours’:Leadership test looms for Crisafulli

‘Show their true colours’:Leadership test looms for Crisafulli

The LNP leader again insisted there would be no change to abortion or assisted dying laws if he were premier. But it might not be up to him.

  • byMatt Dennien andWilliam Davis
We are fortunate abortion is no longer a hot topic,but NSW must ensure access

We are fortunate abortion is no longer a hot topic,but NSW must ensure access

The situation in Australia is far from that in the United States. But just because a woman cannot be prosecuted for terminating a pregnancy,it does not mean she can do so safely.

  • byThe Herald's View
The women who can’t afford an abortion and can’t afford to wait
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The women who can’t afford an abortion and can’t afford to wait

Vulnerable women are facing an agonising search for access to abortion that stretches well into their second trimester more than five years after pregnancy terminations were decriminalised in NSW.

  • byKate Aubusson
Melania breaks ranks with Trump,declares she’s pro-choice

Melania breaks ranks with Trump,declares she’s pro-choice

The former US first lady has been absent from Donald Trump’s re-election campaign. Her views on abortion now place her against the Republican message.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Trump doubles down on migrant deportation,Pope tells Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

Trump doubles down on migrant deportation,Pope tells Catholics to vote for ‘lesser evil’

Pope Francis said migration was a right described in Scripture and it was a “grave sin” to not welcome strangers. He was equally blunt on the abortion stances of both candidates.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Former right-wing senator,Sky News host may get cabinet role if LNP wins power,MP suggests

Although denied by leader David Crisafulli,speculation has been rife that former conservative senator Amanda Stoker could be parachuted into an LNP cabinet.

  • byMatt Dennien
‘Eating cats’:Fact-checking Trump’s false claims during the presidential debate

‘Eating cats’:Fact-checking Trump’s false claims during the presidential debate

The Republican nominee and former president backed rumours about immigrants eating pets,then claimed he oversaw the most dynamic economy in the world.

Fentiman calls on LNP to be clear about its stance on abortion

Fentiman calls on LNP to be clear about its stance on abortion

The state government earlier this year passed laws to allow nurses and midwives to dispense the abortion pill MS-2 Step,and a health worker recruitment drive is under way.

  • byCloe Read
Infant mortality rate rose 8 per cent after Texas abortion ban,study shows

Infant mortality rate rose 8 per cent after Texas abortion ban,study shows

The researchers looked at how many infants died before their first birthday after the abortion ban in September 2021.

  • byDevi Shastri
Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban takes effect,doctors fear for women

Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban takes effect,doctors fear for women

Health care workers are prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly - until it actually becomes deadly.

  • byDavid Fischer andStephany Matat