Victorian MP Bernie Finn has joined the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) and will lead the party at the state election this November.
His expulsion comes after the Victorian branch of the traditionally centre-right Liberal Party passed a motion on May 24 cancelling Finn’s membership, which he had held for 41 years.
The move was in response to a Facebook post by Finn where he said he was “praying” for the practice of abortion to be banned in Australia.
His post came in the wake of revelations that the U.S. Supreme Court was considering overturning the landmark Roe v Wade decision, which entrenched the right of women to have abortions in the United States….