The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed the South Australian Parliament’s commitment to people’s health and equality with the passing of long overdue abortion laws that decriminalise abortion, with the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020 passing the Parliament’s lower house by 29 votes to 15 early this morning.
Read MoreFair Agenda and the Human Rights Law Centre have slammed proposed amendments to the South Australian Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020, saying they will undermine compassionate and accessible healthcare.
Read More32 health, legal and community organisations have joined together to launch an open letter calling on members of parliament to be on the right side of history, and vote in support of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020, due to be debated next week.
Read MoreAustralia’s human rights performance was in the spotlight tonight as the Australian Government appeared before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva for its major human rights review that happens every four to five years.
Australia’s human rights performance will be in the spotlight tonight as the Australian Government appears before the Human Rights Council in Geneva for its major human rights review that happens every four to five years.
South Australia and Western Australia, the only two Australian states yet to fully modernise their abortion laws, have taken crucial steps this year to shore up reproductive rights.
Read MoreIn a historic week for reproductive rights in Australia, the two states yet to modernise their abortion laws – South Australia and Western Australia – both took important steps to increase women’s access to reproductive healthcare and bring their laws into the 21st Century.
Read MoreSouth Australian MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of creating safe access zones around abortion clinics, with the Health Care (Safe Access) Amendment Bill passing the lower house of the SA Parliament today.
Read MoreSilent prayer outside abortion clinics can be particularly harmful to women trying to access healthcare. The objects of the Health Care (Safe Access) Amendment Bill 2020 would be completely undermined by an amendment that authorises silent prayer within a health access zone, by allowing anti-abortion activists to invade the privacy and threaten the wellbeing of patients seeking abortion care.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre has told the Senate Committee tasked with investigating the Federal Government's response to COVID-19 that human rights must be at the centre of the Government’s actions, both now and into the future.
Read MoreThe safety and dignity of women seeking reproductive health services is a step closer to being protected in South Australia.
Read MoreNew powers in the COVID-19 Emergency Response Bill 2020, which passed South Australia’s Parliament last night, should be used urgently to ensure women can access abortion without being unnecessarily exposed to increased risk of COVID-19 infection.
Read MoreThe Andrews Government must take a stand against rising hate in the Victorian community, say a coalition of Union, civil society, faith-based and human rights groups who will give evidence on Wednesday to a Parliamentary Inquiry considering proposed changes to Victoria’s anti-vilification laws.
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