Tony Abbott says NSW's proposed abortion law is 'radical'. Here's how other states compare

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott has labelled proposed legislation to decriminalise abortion in NSW radical. RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates how it compares to legislation in other states.

The current NSW law

As it stands, abortion remains in the criminal code in NSW. Decisions made by the courts, however, mean that abortion is lawful in a number of circumstances.makes it a criminal act, punishable with jail time, for a woman to procure or perform"unlawfully" an abortion on herself, or for another person to"unlawfully" perform on or"unlawfully" supply or procure the means of abortion for a woman.

But the word"unlawfully" is not defined by the act, which has left the courts to decide what constitutes and lawful or unlawful abortion in the state. The determination by Judge Levine in the 1971 case of R v Wald defined lawful and unlawful and is the basis for further decisions made by the courts around abortion in NSW.an abortion was lawful if it was performed with the"honest belief on reasonable grounds that [the abortion] was necessary to preserve the women involved from serious danger to their life, or physical or mental health" if the pregnancy were to continue.

Further case law expanded on this, allowing for an abortion to be legally performed if it posed serious danger to a pregnant woman's mental health after the birth of a child.Below, Fact Check has collated the key points of the legal status of abortion for states other than NSW.

 

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Please jog on Tony you are now irrelevant. It would be awesome if the media could stop giving this person a platform. If your really bored Tony I think George has time to fill during the day for a visit and a cup of tea.

Start taxing the churches, mosques and synagogues. Perhaps then their misogynistic opinions might count. Until then, butt out. U have no right to force your male views on women.

Which state was he comparing it to? Qld? WA? Was he in fact comparing it to any state. If your premiss is false, your conclusion is necessarily invalid. whoseABC

Stop publishing the views of this stain on Australian politics. He has never had any credibility and never will.

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