Legal recognition of persons born as a result of an abortion
Public Health Amendment (Born Equal - Care and Protection) Bill 2025
Private Member's Bill1st House
2nd House
Law
Introduced by: Maryka Groenewald (AC)
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Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The law now defines a person to include those born as a result of an abortion.
Health practitioners must provide the same level of medical care to a person born as a result of an abortion as they would for any other person.
Medical practitioners can provide any care that is clinically safe and appropriate for a person born as a result of an abortion.
Neonatal deaths of persons born as a result of an abortion are now reportable deaths under the Coroners Act.
The law defines 'born' as a person who has completely proceeded in a living state from the body of the mother.