Life News July 2019

LifeNEWS

JULY 2019

PROMOTING THE SANCTITY OF LIFE

VOLUME 35 NUMBER 1

Paper for the Church:
 Regarding the South Australian Abortion Law Reform Bill Dear friends in Christ,

Overview 
 The name of the bill in question is the Statutes Amendment (Abortion Law Reform) Bill 2018. It was introduced into Parliament by a Member of the Legislative Council, Tammy Franks.

On 5 December 2018, the Greens introduced a radical abortion law reform bill into our South Australian parliament. We offer this paper to the Lutheran Church of Australia and beyond to foster greater understanding of the bill and its ramifications, and to offer Christian encouragement as to how we can respond.

The bill, if passed, will allow women to access abortion at any stage of their pregnancy and for any reason.

The bill also seeks to T h e LC A h a s p u b l i c remove the right to teaching on abortion conscientious objection w h i c h h o l d s t h at a l l and impose a “health Photo by Devon Divine on Unsplash unborn children are access zone” to prevent ‘human lives created by God and so entitled to people from communicating with others about the care and preservation which God’s command abortion within 150m of abortion facilities. (‘Do not murder’) provides’. As such the LCA The bill seeks to achieve both of its aims by already has a fundamental disagreement with amending the following legislation: the South Australian abortion laws as they stand. • Criminal Consolidation Act 1935 (SA); and However, this new bill seeks to further liberalise • Health Care Act 2008 (SA). the existing laws and so this document interacts with the specific issues involved therein. Continued page 3…

This Issue*

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PAPER FOR THE CHURCH: SA Abortion Law Reform Bill

2. EDITORIAL 4. CHRISTIAN HEALTHCARE and AGED CARE SERVICES & “VAD’

Life News is the newsletter of Lutherans for Life Inc - Est. in 1987 Sponsored by the Lutheran Church of Australia. Print Post Approved Periodical No, PP442570/0006 ISSN 1033-7725 EDITOR: Kimberley Pfeiffer LN.editor@gmail.com

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