In a recent Seven News report, Leslie Cannold has poorly attempted to move the focus of a discussion about the plight of an increasing number of late term abortions to being about service delivery.
It is likely that medical staff at the Royal Women's Hospital are "traumatised" by the barbaric nature of late term abortion procedures rather than by the workload as intimated by Ms Cannold.
On one point Ms Cannold is correct, that "politicans need to show leadership". LNA believes this would be by restoring the rights and the protection of the unborn.
Research indicates that abortion hurts women, many of whom feel that abortion is the last resort in difficult circumstances. Women deserve better!
The news item also stated that most late term abortions are done for severe physical abnormalities, but include requests for reasons as minor as cleft lip.
An article by the Herald Sun (2008) challenges that this is the case: "Dr Lachlan De Crespigny and Prof Julian Savulescu state that late abortion is done only "for major problems as a last resort", giving the example of a lethal heart abnormality in the fetus. The medical data tells a different story".
It goes on to say that "The majority of late abortions were for psychosocial reasons, not fetal abnormality. The term "psychosocial" means there is no medical problem with the mother or the baby, but the parents request abortion because of economic or emotional stress".
The cruelty of this legislation is made even more apparent through the rejection of amendments that included: pain relief (anaesthetic) for the baby being aborted; counselling; and a "cooling off" period for women considering late term abortion.
John Brumby, Maxine Morand and other politicians who voted and promoted legislation that made abortion available on demand to twenty four weeks and to full term (with the signatures of two doctors) are responsible for this increase in late term abortions.
The upcoming state election in Victoria is an opportunity to vote for candidates that value the lives of all Victorians (and remove politicians who do not).
Related links:
A late term partial birth abortion procedure shown here with drawings here.
Other abortion procedures here.
Late term abortion and foetal pain here.
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