Two Australian senators from the centre-right Liberal party have introduced a private member’s bill to protect children who survive an abortion.
The bill was presented at the parliament on Nov. 30 by Queensland Senator Matt Cannavan, co-drafted by South Australia Senator Alex Antic and sponsored by United Australia Party senator Ralph Babet.
It seeks to place a duty of care on medical practitioners to provide medical care and treatment to a child born alive as a result of an abortion.
Under the bill, breaching that duty would incur a penalty, and there is a new obligation for medical practitioners to report to the Federal Department of Health on children born alive as a result of abortions….