The Cairns Women鈥檚 Network (CNW) has endorsed a planned national day of action for abortion rights on October 9.
鈥淲e do not understand why a section of the Qld Criminal Code from 1899 is being used to bring charges against a young Cairns couple in 2010鈥, said Dr Carole Ford from the Cairns Women鈥檚 Network. 鈥淎ll people who respect a woman鈥檚 right to control her own fertility should support repeal of these archaic laws.鈥
Ford said the CNW was planning a peaceful vigil in Cairns beginning on October 11.
Abortion
Pro-choice group Children by Choice has written to Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and two senior state ministers calling for a legislative review of the state's abortion laws, a move supported by the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties (QCCL), said the July 7 Courier-Mail.
However, Children by Choice spokesperson Cait Calcutt said all three leaders had replied that the government would not act, saying any change would be up to a private member's bill.
The Venezuelan National Assembly (NA) is considering a bill to decriminalise abortion, but only in restricted cases, the June 10 Ultimas Noticias reported.
It was one of the proposals of the committee for the rights of women in the NA. It is part of a raft of proposals to be considered in changes to a new penal code, to eliminate gender bias.
The state of Roe v. Wade The film Roe versus Wade, shown by Channel 7 on May 29 (with a group of anti-abortion activists protesting outside) brought to life the legal and personal dimensions of the famous 1973 US Supreme Court ruling.
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