The Case Against Abortion

Fourteen babies born alive and left to die - W.A.

Life Network Australia - Thursday, May 03, 2012

Perth Now has reported that the Western Australian Health Department is investigating the deaths of 14 babies who were born alive after abortion attempts and were left to die.

According to the article, hospital records show that no resuscitation or medical treatment of any kind was provided to these babies, one of whom was over 26 weeks old.

Labor MPs, Kate Doust and Ed Dermer have called for a Parliamentary enquiry into their deaths.

In response to a petition of 5,000 signatures, submitted by the Coalition for the Defence of Human Life, Health Minister, Kim Hames said the deaths would be investigated. He has said that a baby's attempts to breath after birth "do not necessarily indicate viability".

The article reports that "the committee closed its inquiries into the deaths despite no further correspondence from Dr Hames of the investigation".

Related articles and footage about babies born alive and left to die in Australia:

Queensland - http://www.lifenetwork.org.au/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=49050&A=SearchResult&SearchID=2591914&ObjectID=49050&ObjectType=55

Victoria - http://www.lifenetwork.org.au/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=104954&A=SearchResult&SearchID=2591914&ObjectID=104954&ObjectType=55

Melissa Ohden - abortion attempt survivor and Vic legislation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3WHP7Q5dp8

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Federal politicians ignore warning about RU486 - and now a woman has died.

Life Network Australia - Monday, March 19, 2012

Last May (2011), Life Network Australia reported the harm done by the RU486 abortion pill in South Australia, where some 400 women were hospitalised in just one year.

At the time, Dr. Mulligan said that "Australian doctors are on a learning curve" in the use of RU486. Life Network Australia argued that they were playing with the lives of women and babies.

This article was sent to Nicola Roxon, former Federal Minister for Health and to Peter Dutton, Shadow Minister for Health. However our warnings were ignored and now a woman has died from what The Australian call a "bedroom abortion".

The Australian reports that the Therapeutic Goods Administration has "issued a notice to doctors and clinics to review their follow up care". Life Network Australia continues to argue that abortion does not qualify as "therapeutic" and should be taken out of their hands.

Life Network Australia again calls on Nicola Roxon to suspend access to the RU486 abortion pill - or women (not to mention the babies) will continue to die.

This tragic death follows that of another mother, just before Christmas - and a near fatality just weeks before that in Melbourne. For every baby it is a certain agonising death!

"Legal, safe and rare"? ...no such thing!

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Melbourne, what do you know about Vic abortion laws? We ask the people (you tube footage of responses).

Life Network Australia - Thursday, December 08, 2011

Two teenagers hit the streets of Melbourne to find out what people know (...or don't know) about the current abortion laws in Victoria. Check out their responses!

In part one, Mary and Hayley asked the public "How far into pregnancy is it legal for a mother to abort her baby in Victoria?"

In part two - They asked "Is parental consent for minors required by law in Victoria?"

Please phone now (and again tomorrow) to express your dissatisfaction with the current abortion laws in Victoria
Premier Ted Baillieu (03) 9882 4088

Email ted.baillieu@parliament.vic.gov.au

Victorian Health Minister David Davis 03 9096 8561

Email david.davis@parliament.vic.gov.au

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Federal MPs must reconsider RU486

Life Network Australia - Saturday, May 28, 2011

Is the silence on the devastating effects of the RU486 drug in South Australia, as deafening to you? In 2006, the champagne flowed freely after what some from across all parties considered to be an outstanding achievement - the approval of the abortion drug by the "Therapeutic" Goods Administration. Every single MP who was a member of the ALP's Emily's List at the time supported the vote.
These "champions" of the drug must surely be reconsidering their passion for RU486! Last year some 400 women were hospitalised in South Australia alone for botched RU486 abortions. We have no information of the long term physical or psychological outcomes for these patients and we hear nothing about the drug being withdrawn or at the very least, its use investigated.
The Australian (see link for South Australia above) quoted Dr. Mulligan, who said that "Australian doctors are on a learning curve" in the use of RU486. The idea of a "learning curve" is alarming when the lives of women, babies and families are so negatively affected by this drug, which some have likened to "backyard" abortions.

These MPs should have heeded the advice of an open letter to Federal Parliament, which strongly warned of the risks (now being experienced in S.A). Despite being "an internationally recognised feminist and academic who has worked on reproductive issues for 25 years and strongly supports a woman's right to safe and legal abortion", the author of the letter warned that "RU486 on its own works in only 40 to 60 per cent of women so that 48 hours after its administration a second drug, a prostaglandin, must be taken orally or inserted into the vagina. Since the 1970s, prostaglandins have been rejected by the women's health movement as far too dangerous to use as abortifacients as they cause such severe and painful contractions in some women that the uterus may be irreversibly damaged. They can also lead to uncontrollable blood loss."
She continued... "Moreover, in up to 10 per cent of women the RU486/prostaglandin abortion is incomplete. This necessitates that one or two weeks later they need to return to a medical clinic to remove the remains of the pregnancy by dilation and curettage. Apart from being dangerous, as the recent deaths in Sweden and the US have shown, this drawn-out period is hugely traumatic."

One would reasonably expect that Federal Parliament reconsider and investigate the use of RU486, given the alarming statistics from South Australia, which are more evidence of the under-regulation of abortion procedures and the damage that abortion continues to do to women (not to mention the unborn!).

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The Case Against Abortion

Fourteen babies born alive and left to die - W.A.

Federal politicians ignore warning about RU486 - and now a woman has died.

Melbourne, what do you know about Vic abortion laws? We ask the people (you tube footage of responses).

Federal MPs must reconsider RU486

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