Shadow Indigenous Australians spokesperson says she ‘cannot agree’ with later term abortions, sparking rebuke from Sussan Ley, Jane Hume and Bridget McKenzie
It is understood Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments were not authorised by Coalition leadership, and were seen as unhelpful and outside her portfolio.It is understood Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments were not authorised by Coalition leadership, and were seen as unhelpful and outside her portfolio.
Later term abortion is a non-medical term for terminations after 20 weeks’ gestation, according to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and can happen because of foetal abnormalities or if the mother’s life is at risk. The first trimester is 12 weeks.leadership and are seen among the opposition’s senior ranks as unhelpful, ranging outside her own portfolio and risking a divisive and potentially damaging debate.
“Obviously, individuals have their own views, and Jacinta is entitled, as a member of the National party, to her own view, but the federal Liberals have no intention of changing the settings when it comes to this issue.”“It’s not an issue for the federal government. In the Liberal party, it’s always been an issue of conscience, too, and rightly so. There are some deeply held views right around the country and that is fine. That’s why they call it choice.
“It’s a really sensitive issue for people and I really feel for young mums who have been through this … I’m not ever going to have to experience that, I don’t think that says you can’t have a view on it, but I do try and be sensitive about it, but I’m not the one trying to raise this.” But Larissa Waters, the Greens spokesperson on women, said she was “appalled” that politicians were debating women’s right to choose.
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