By Zoe Rathus AM, Griffith Law School
On Tuesday, Rob Pyne MP, independent member for Cairns, announced the withdrawal of his two abortion reform Bills aimed at de-criminalising and regulating abortion in Queensland.[1] The decision was made in the face of inevitable failure when the LNP advised that its members would vote in a block to oppose the Bills.
As Pyne explained at a Rally the following evening – it would be damaging to see the Bills defeated in the Legislative Assembly. Instead the question has been referred to the Queensland Law Reform Commission (QLRC) by the Attorney-General, Yvette D’Ath MP. Reports about each Bill have already been produced by the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Committee of the Queensland Parliament, but the QLRC will provides a different process to that of a Private Member’s Bill.
Queenslanders have campaigned for decades for change
It was understandable that some who were present
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