Opinion
It is 50 years since the SA Parliament debated and passed legislation relating to abortion. A lot has changed since then and the Attorney General Vickie Chapman has decided it’s time to ‘modernise’ the legislation.
Opinion
The State Attorney General Vickie Chapman has stated her intention to present to Parliament an abortion law reform bill based on recommendations of the South Australian Law Reform Institute. Once again, we will see that the human dignity and right to life of the unborn child is not a consideration.
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Pope Francis has asked us to look at life issues in a holistic way, as a total perspective. It comes out of Our Lord’s words: ‘I have come that you may have life and have it to the full’. Pope Francis says that the Christian attitude to life must embrace everything from conception to natural death. And so it covers actions like abortion; it covers actions like capital punishment. It’s odd to be opposed to abortion and yet support capital punishment; there’s a contradiction there.
A pregnancy counselling and support organisation has expressed its deep concern for women’s physical and mental health and safety if a bill proposed by Greens MLC Tammy Franks is passed by State Parliament.
Greens MLC Tammy Franks is right about one thing – a lot has changed since abortion was legalised in South Australia in 1969.
Bishop Greg O’Kelly SJ has urged South Australian Catholics to contact members of Parliament about proposed changes to the State's abortion laws.
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