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No. 3452. PERTH, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1970
(Registered at the G.P.O., Perth, for transmission by post as a Newspaper.)
Price 8c.
ABORTION BILL AT CRUCIAL STAGE
Dr. J. G. Hislop's Termination of Pregnancy Bill was passed in the Legislative Council yesterday. Later it was given its first reading in the Legislative Assembly. those involving subThe Bill, the third in• Women should be enstantial risk to the life titled to make a decision troduced by Dr. Hislop, of the pregnant woman, affecting their own bodies was introduced in the or substantial risk of in the limited area that Legislative Assembly by serious injury to her would be covered by the mr. M. C. Williams physical or mental Bill. They needed more (Lib., Bunbury) and, as health. we go to press, the secsay. ond reading is scheduled The present clause would Mr. C. R. Abbey (Lib.) allow an abortion said he would support for today. where continuation of the Bill, provided it was Though a Private Memthe pregnancy would suitably amended. ber's Bill, voting seems involve more risk than to have followed strictly The legal situation in its termination. Party Lines, with one exWA was similar to Vicception in each case, for •Remove the proposed toria where, under the residential qualifica- protection of people in and against. tion of two months; high places, illegal aborEarlier, Mr. F. J. S. •Delete a sub-clause altions were carried out, Wise (Lab.) said the Govlowing account to be obviously to the detriernment should appoint taken of a woman's ment of womanhood. a special committee, or actual or reasonable It was up to the Counan individual, to seek the foreseeable environ- cil to make a decision. A opinions of all sections ment. r The Argentinian cadet training vessel, the Libertad, c ailed into Fremantle recently and created quite a senof the community with •Allow a person com- eferendum was not warranted. sation. Thousands of sightseers thronged the portsi de and vantage points as she entered the port, and views on the subject. plete freedom to deMr. F. R. Lavery (Lab.) This committee should again as she departed. Whi le on shore, the crew of t he Libertad visited New Norcia and were the guests cide whether to take said the Bill threw the include the Chief Justice, of about 50 South American host families in Perth a nd Fremantle. The Stella Mans Club for Seafarers part in any treatment onus on the council to or his nominee, a woman arranged socials, dances, variety concerts and bus to urs to places of interest as well. Father Peter, 0.S.B., under the legislation. make a decision on the with several children, a New Norcia, acted as interpreter while the ship wa s in port. No one should be com- lives of people not yet gynaecologist, a prominpelled to take part in born. ent clergyman, such as an any such an operation, He had not supported archbishop or bishop, he said. the earlier Bill and there and possibly others. (Note: The Bill has a was nothing in the new It would report to Parcondition concerning Bill to make him change liament — because this conscientious objec- his mind. was a matter for ParliaDr. Dineen, yice-presition). It had become so wide, ment—to decide after it ;lent of the Federation of Mr. Medcalf said the it was almost an insult had been advised on all provisio Catholic SA Schools n that treatment to suggest that it was not its facets by the best More than 40 people attended a meeting held ortion laws came into Parents and Friends Assomust be carried out in a abortion on demand. authorities. ciations, said: " . . .in the public hospital would be by the Lynwood-Maddington Parish Council to effect on January 8. Mr. Wise strongly op- a safeguard HOW THEY VOTED l ast 16 days, 44 abortions against soexpress opposition to the Termination of PregDr. Cleary said the have been notified in SA. posed the Bill, introduced called clinics. members This how is nancy Bill. by Dr. J. G. Hislop (Lib.). latest census figures This is three a day. But there should be a voted on Tuesday: First speaker at the meeting was Mrs. M. showed the number of He predicted problems if provisio "There n for an emerFOR: Mines Minister Baczynski, who, for nearly two it became law. years, has been women of child-bearing statementis, too, the naive gency operation to be Griffith (Lib.), Health of the authorihelping to investigate the possibility of establish- age in England was 45 ties It would be sad for carried that they have been out elsewhere Minister MacKinnon Western Australia, he than in a public hospital. (Lib.), Local Govern- ing an emergency service for women with preg- times greater than SA. surprised at the sharp said, if the Bill was pasThe Adelaide figure for increase. In the light of If what Mr. Wise said ment Minister Logan nancy problems, like the one operating in Toronto sed. But he believed Dr. about the number of abortions, the childbearing populaabortions carried (C.P.), J. Heitman (Lib.), under the name "Birthright". Hislop's efforts would, in if multiplied by 45, would tion, the number of aborout in hospitals was true, V. J. Ferry (Lib.), F. D. the end, have a result Under this scheme, a the law, as claimed, a be one and a half times the medical profession in Willmott (Lib.), F. R. tions here are, at the worthy of the State bedistress centre would be simple amendment to greater than the the State was putting it- Claughton (Lab.), G. E. UK moment, far in excess of set up where the girl or the Criminal Code would figure. cause of the ideas they self in a the number in England. serious position, D. Brand (Lib.). N. E woman can get help from have been more approProvoked and opportuni- no matter how proper ir- Baxter (C.P.), S. T. J. telephone. ties they gave. through the priate. motives. Thompson (C.P.), C. E. He believed that hunThe policy of the serquestions Numerous He was prepared to Griffiths (Lib.), C. R. vice would be to preserve were asked and answerdreds of people clamour- support Abbey the (Lib.). N. second McNeill reading for changes of the ing if his proposed am- (Lib.), Dr. J. G. Hislop the right of every preg- ed, and resolutions were same kind proposed by endments were accepted. (Lib.), I. G. Medcalf nant woman to give birth, passed, including one Dr. Hislop did not have He had three main (Lib.), G. W. Berry and every child to be asking individuals to apan idea of the existing born. proach their members of reasons for this: (Lib.). law and the sanctions Mrs. M. Clarke, a nurse, Parliament to express the it • The grounds AGAINST: of W. Willethe F. contained. Bill were in accordance see (Labor leader), J. showed charts of the opinions of the meeting. In one of the State's The principal resoluwith recommendations of Dolan (Lab.), R. Thomp- growth of a baby in the hospitals, where thous- the World Council of son (Lab.). R. H. C. womb, and spoke of the tion expressed total opproblems that legalised position to the Terminaands of children were Churches. Stubbs (Lab.), F. R. H. born annually, tion of Pregnancy Bill, there were • The law needed clari- Lavery (Lab.). Mrs. R. F. abortion would bring. also hundreds of abor- fying. The nursing profession and called on Parliament and this was a Hutchinson (Lab.), F. J. tions each year. genuine attempt at doing S. Wise (Lab.), T. 0. and the community, she to seek out, and encourIf the Bill became law, this. said, would suffer if age, by subsidies and Perry (C.P.). it would experience siminurses lost their dedica- other help, all possible lar difficulties to those tion to the principle of avenues and means of In Britain with women and South protecting life, not des helping Australia. pregnancy problems and troying it. Returns for the Australian Catholic Relief's Lenten to make abortion unnec1:vIr. I. G. Medcalf (Lib.) Mr. K. Richardson essary. Appeal — Project Compassion — have been pouring said he had found no into churches throughout analysed Parliamentary reason to ADELAIDE, S.A.—The the Archdiocese during the change his past week. attitudes, and gave his views Catholic weekly, "The since the previous assessment of the nummeasure, The first figures were 240; East Victoria Park bers for and against the Southern Cross", has rewhich he supPorted. released early this week. 338.80; Floreat Park 426; Bill in both Houses, in- ported two Adelaide doctors as claiming the rate trider the WA Criminal At the time of going to Fremantle 247; Gosnells cluding those who had of abortions in terms of C . ode, abortion 199.87; Inglewood 198.38; not yet expressed an was legal press, these read: "Cars have been my life for a long time. abortions per unit of carried out in good Anonymous and un- Joondanna 303; Madding- opinion. My 17 years experience in all phases of the faith, population for the first with reasonable specified donations, Fare and from ton 133.44; Medina 164.15; Father Petry gave a three months of the new motor business means I can give you the right skill, and for individuals, organisations Mirrabooka 60; Mount short talk on the moral SA abortion laws was sort of advice about buying a good quality the preservation of the and school groups come Yokine 245.94; North aspects of the issue, after "significantly" Mother's higher used car at the price you want to pay. life. Beach 251.40; Palmyra which The Hon. J. Dolan, than in the UK in the Phone me on 61 6736, or call and see me Rowever the relevant. up to $793.92, bringing section this week's total to 217.30; Riverton 221.35; M.L.C., made it clear he first quarter after similar personally." contained many Rockingham 147; Swan- was totally opposed to legislation doubtful $8,094.67. into came D terms. oohn bourne 239.47; Victoria the Bill, and would fight force there. He felt Until returns are com- Park his suggested 570; Wanneroo it all the way. amendments They were Doctors E. to the Bill plete, The Record will 48.88; St. John of God ould The Hon. C. Griffiths G. Cleary, reader in pathovercome the ob- publish weekly totals on 37; St. Anne's, Mt. Lawjections raised by some this page. Send your sub- ley 203; St. Pat's School said: "I opposed (pre ology at Adelaide UniverL particularly scriptions to the Church 154.83: H.M.A.S. Leeuwin viously), most emphati- sity, and D. P. Dineen, C. E. Griffiths (Lib.). office now. cally any section of the who said this after South nernbers' 46; Sisters of Mercy 20; Bill which provided tiIS USED CAR abor- Australian figures were amendments wou St. Mary's Cathedral. Santa Maria College 187; tion on seek to: SPECIALISTS demand. I am released on April 8. $1,345.85; Bayswater, 143; Kellerberrin 93; Mandur°restrict A hundred and sixty495 Albany Highway, Victoria Park Tel: 61 6736 the conditions Bedford Park 445; Car- ah 43.80; Norseman 100; going to do it again." for an If Dr. Hislop genuinely two legal abortions were abortion to lisle 209.56; Cloverdale Pinjarra 20.73. John Donovan Peter Atkinson wanted merely to clarify carried out since the ab-
Strong Opposition To WA Abortion Bill Voiced At Me eting
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