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krazykitkatThe Minister for Health, Tony Abbott, made a last-minute bid for votes against the bill, saying Australia's abortion rate was dismissed as a "fact of life, almost by some as a badge of liberation from old oppressions".
"We have a bizarre double standard in this country where someone who kills a pregnant woman's baby is guilty of murder, but a woman who aborts an unborn baby is simply exercising choice," Mr Abbott said.
"[This drug] may indeed be no less dangerous to a woman, but it is absolutely lethal to a baby and that's why this drug should keep the current status of special consideration."
He's been sharply criticised this morning over those comments, but it's that last sentence which has me amazed. No shit, Sherlock! Does he need the concept of abortion explained to him? This is exactly why he should not have control over the drug. And the first part of his last sentence confuses me.
As a little sideline to show ignorance, mum knows a woman who's involved in counselling of women through the Catholic Church (and I'm not for one minute suggesting this is part of Catholic teaching, I'm talking about an individual, but also putting it in context of whom she can then influence). This woman honestly believes that you can't get pregnant from rape because the uterus seizes up or some such nonsense. Mum was flabbergasted and couldn't convince her that she was totally wrong.
"We have a bizarre double standard in this country where someone who kills a pregnant woman's baby is guilty of murder, but a woman who aborts an unborn baby is simply exercising choice," Mr Abbott said.
"[This drug] may indeed be no less dangerous to a woman, but it is absolutely lethal to a baby and that's why this drug should keep the current status of special consideration."
He's been sharply criticised this morning over those comments, but it's that last sentence which has me amazed. No shit, Sherlock! Does he need the concept of abortion explained to him? This is exactly why he should not have control over the drug. And the first part of his last sentence confuses me.
As a little sideline to show ignorance, mum knows a woman who's involved in counselling of women through the Catholic Church (and I'm not for one minute suggesting this is part of Catholic teaching, I'm talking about an individual, but also putting it in context of whom she can then influence). This woman honestly believes that you can't get pregnant from rape because the uterus seizes up or some such nonsense. Mum was flabbergasted and couldn't convince her that she was totally wrong.
