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"A group of Coalition parliamentarians, including Barnaby Joyce and Andrew
Hastie, have seized on a proposed new law to give paid parental leave to
parents of a child who is stillborn or dies, arguing it should not be available
to anyone needing a late-term abortion.
A senior doctor has labelled the comments as “terrible, cynical, awful” things
to say about an often heartbreaking decision, as experts point out that the
vast majority of later terminations are forced by major health issues and warn
fearmongering about the issue is straight out of the anti-abortion handbook.
Federal parliament has been debating “Priya’s law”, an amendment to the
Fair
Work Act, which would protect employer-funded paid parental leave for parents
of a child who is stillborn or dies.
The bill has bipartisan support but a quartet of conservative Coalition members
– Joyce, Hastie and Liberal MPs Tony Pasin and Henry Pike – gave speeches to
parliament backing the broad intention of the change but raising reservations
about whether paid parental leave would apply to parents who undergo a
late-term abortion."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
