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Acquittal in Queensland Case

Good news, at last, from Queensland. A jury took less than an hour to find Tegan Leach and her partner not guilty of charges of procuring an abortion and supplying drugs to procure an abortion.


Queensland Abortion Trial Set to Start

Tomorrow just across the ditch in Queensland, a young couple go on trial under abortion statutes that date back to the 1860s. Yes, this is what it means for abortion to be a crime, not a medical matter - as it should be.


The Moral Veto

The moral veto is at work again in Australia, helping prevent decriminalization in Queensland, as a new study shows. It's a force we're all too familiar with here.


Queensland Update 3

The latest from Queensland and an interview with Kate Marsh of the Australian group Children by Choice


Queensland Update 2

The young couple facing abortion charges in Queensland are to go on trial, a Cairns magistrate orders.


Queensland law change

On 31 August Premier Anna Bligh proposed an amendment to make medical abortion legal.


Queensland Update

Momentum is building in Queensland to reform the state's abortion law in the wake of the case against a young woman and her boyfriend.