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The August 28 Edition

Musician Isabella Manfredi talks frankly about her new relationship,becoming a first-time mother and her first solo album.

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Battle lines redrawn over ‘extreme’ new abortion trigger laws

Battle lines redrawn over ‘extreme’ new abortion trigger laws

New abortion bans came into play in several US states today. The doctors are scared they’ll become felons if they save some pregnant women’s lives.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Qld doctors lying to women that abortions are illegal,counsellors reveal

Qld doctors lying to women that abortions are illegal,counsellors reveal

The state health minister said she “hoped” all doctors knew it was legal to terminate pregnancies in Queensland.

  • byTony Moore
After police view Facebook messages,woman charged for aiding daughter’s abortion

After police view Facebook messages,woman charged for aiding daughter’s abortion

The prosecutor handling the case said it’s the first time he has charged anyone for illegally performing an abortion after 20 weeks,a restriction that was passed in 2010.

  • byJosh Funk
Abortion reform on McGowan’s agenda as student demands to know why they aren’t free

Abortion reform on McGowan’s agenda as student demands to know why they aren’t free

A university student crashed Premier Mark McGowan’s electric vehicles press conference on Wednesday to demand to know why abortions were not free for women in Western Australia.

  • byDaile Cross
Drop box for babies:Anti-abortionists promote anonymous ‘newborn deposits’

Drop box for babies:Anti-abortionists promote anonymous ‘newborn deposits’

Resembling drop-off bins used by libraries for returning books,the boxes have been adopted by those on the religious right under “Baby Moses” laws.

  • byDana Goldstein
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‘Republicans don’t have a clue’:Biden builds on Kansas abortion rights victory,signs fresh directive

‘Republicans don’t have a clue’:Biden builds on Kansas abortion rights victory,signs fresh directive

The latest move from the White House comes after one of America’s most conservative battlegrounds voted to protect reproductive rights.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘Important victory’:Kansas voters uphold abortion rights in first post-Roe ballot

‘Important victory’:Kansas voters uphold abortion rights in first post-Roe ballot

Joe Biden welcomed the result,saying:“Tonight,Kansans used their voices to protect women’s right to choose and access reproductive health services”.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘Free and unfettered access’:Abortion pioneers say more work to be done
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‘Free and unfettered access’:Abortion pioneers say more work to be done

Former senators Lyn Allison and Judith Troeth,who crossed party lines to secure access to the abortion pill RU486,say more needs to be done to ensure women can access terminations.

  • byDana Daniel
‘Really wounded me’:US Supreme Court Justice Alito mocks global critics of abortion ruling

‘Really wounded me’:US Supreme Court Justice Alito mocks global critics of abortion ruling

In his first public remarks since the decision,which has led to various conservative US states imposing abortion bans,Alito dismissed international criticism of the ruling.

  • byLawrence Hurley
From the Archives,1990:Abortion protest leads to scuffles

From the Archives,1990:Abortion protest leads to scuffles

An estimated 40 people blocked the entrances to a Sydney abortion clinic in what anti-abortion lobby group Right to Life called a “rescue mission”.

  • byJane Southward