Resources
Friday 26 February 2010
A collection of general resources available on the issue, along with relevant articles by Lee Rhiannon and information on campaigns by the Greens.
Campaign overview | Why it's time for change | Options for Reform |
Victoria - a case study | Prosecutions in NSW and Victoria | Resources
- New Matilda article: http://newmatilda.com/2009/03/10/are-you-listening-nathan
- Victorian Law Reform Commission, ‘Law of Abortion: Final Report 15’,
March 2008. This excellent report was the basis for the Victorian
reforms:
http://www.lawreform.vic.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/Law+Reform/Home/Completed+Projects/Abortion/LAWREFORM+-+Law+of+Abortion%3A+Final+Report’ - The Victorian Abortion Law Reform Act 2008:
http://www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au/Domino/Web_Notes/LDMS/PubStatbook.nsf/f932b66241ecf1b7ca256e92000e23be/BB2C8223617EB6A8CA2574EA001C130A/$FILE/08-58a.pdf - A comprehensive overview of Australian and international laws on
abortion is found in Current Issues Brief No. 4, 2008, Abortion Law
Reform Bill 2008, Victorian Parliamentary Library Research Services,
September 2008:
http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/research/2008CIabortion.pdf - A briefing paper by the NSW Parliament Library Research Services,
Abortion and the law in NSW, by Talina Drabsch, August 2005:
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/0/4B0EC8DB3B4A730DCA2570610021AA58/$File/Abortion%20&%20index.pdf - And a 2008 update on this paper:
http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/publications.nsf/key/RecentDevelopmentsinAbortionLaw - Victorian MP Colleen Hartland MLC
led the Greens campaign on abortion law reform in Victoria. Read
Colleen's personal story about an abortion she had as a young woman:
http://www.theage.com.au/national/mps-emotional-abortion-story-may-help-shatter-taboo-20080818-3xng.html?page=-1 - Opinion piece on Lee Rhiannon's campaign by Phillip Jensen, dean of St Andrew's Anglican Cathedral, Sydney: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/a-matter-of-life-and-death-20090320-94dl.html
