Doctors urge Victorian Parliament to vote down abortion bill

By Lucy Battersby
Updated May 25 2016 - 7:23pm, first published May 24 2016 - 6:38pm
Rachel Carling-Jenkins wants to introduce new laws that would make it a criminal offence to abort a fetus after 24 weeks. Photo: Eddie Jim
Rachel Carling-Jenkins wants to introduce new laws that would make it a criminal offence to abort a fetus after 24 weeks. Photo: Eddie Jim

Australia's peak health body and senior obstetricians are urging Victorian politicians to vote down a new abortion bill, saying it criminalises a medical procedure and jeopardises good medical practice.

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