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Anti-abortion advocate Joanna Howe banned from South Australia’s upper house for alleged ‘threatening’ tactics towards politicians

Upper house president Terry Stephens says of ‘highest concern’ is suggestion Howe attempted to ‘improperly influence the free performance’ of MLCs’ duties

The Guardian - AU

How the abortion bandwagon has proved a useful vehicle for political advantage

From Queensland to South Australia, tacticians of different stripes have been able to leverage the conviction of true-believers

The Guardian - AU

Abortion is back in the headlines in Australia. The debates in the United States tell us why

The 2022 news that the US Supreme Court had overturned Roe v Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion sent shockwaves around the world.

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Anti-abortion activist targets high-profile SA women with ‘baby-killers club’ social media posts

Joanna Howe posts artworks of women including deputy premier and state Greens leader Tammy Franks who said they were ‘designed to promote hatred’

The Guardian - AU

A South Australian Handmaid’s Tale: Inside the room where a Trumpian abortion bill was narrowly defeated

Politician Ben Hood declined to name most of the people he ‘consulted’ in drafting the bill, relying primarily on an anti-choice activist with expertise in labour migration.

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South Australia’s upper house narrowly rejects ‘Trumpian’ bill to wind back abortion care

Legislation to force women seeking a later termination to be induced, deliver the baby alive, and keep it or adopt it out, defeated by 10 votes to nine

The Guardian - AU

'Handmaids' protest ahead of abortion vote

Protesters dressed as "handmaids" have led a protest at SA's parliament, as it prepares to vote on a bill they say infringes on women's rights to healthcare.

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I have made the near-impossible choice to terminate a pregnancy. Shaming women for it is cruel

Ben Hood’s anti-abortion bill would force South Australian women to give up their bodily autonomy – but what they need is compassion

The Guardian - AU

A South Australian MP’s mad anti-abortion bill shows the culture wars are far from over

Liberal Ben Hood’s forced-births proposal demands outcomes both cruel and ridiculous

The Guardian - AU

MP's bid to amend abortion law to force live births

A Liberal MP is trying to change South Australia's abortion laws to force people who want to terminate a pregnancy after 28 weeks to deliver their baby alive.

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This SA MP’s Anti-Abortion Bill Will Force Pregnant Women To Give Birth To Non-Viable Foetuses

The Greens have slammed a new bill that would effectively "force" South Australians seeking an abortion from 28 weeks to give birth.

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Bill proposing South Australians seeking later abortions give birth tantamount to ‘forced birth’, Greens say

Proposed legislation says those seeking an abortion after 27 weeks and six days would have to either keep the baby or adopt it out

The Guardian - AU

Mount Gambier In Home Hospice Care calls for ongoing funding for palliative program

The support Satch Niemec received as he succumbed to a terminal diagnosis was an "absolute boon" for him and his wife Jude. But the service is struggling without government support.

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Labor's Russell Wortley defends 'screaming and screeching' comment aimed at female Liberal MPs

A Labor MP has accused female Liberal politicians of "screaming and screeching" in SA parliament, in an exchange that left the women questioning whether the same accusation would have been made of a man.

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Mark his words: Latham sued

Independent NSW MP Alex Greenwich is suing Mark Latham for defamation over the One Nation MLC’s homophobic slurs, and Australia has just one battle-ready submarine and five that need work.

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Newspaper writes about Liberal MP 100 times — but doesn’t disclose he helped set it up

South Australian MLC Ben Hood’s company registered the website for The SE Voice, which has favourably covered his tilts for Parliament.

ABC News

AFL Gather Round boosts SA tourism, but 'lost opportunity' for South East match

Victorians are already flooding across the border for the Gather Round matches being held in SA on the weekend, but some say a game should have been held in Mount Gambier.

ABC News

Labor's Lucy Hood welcomes brother Ben Hood to parliament as Liberal MP in historic first

A new Liberal MP has been sworn in to South Australia's Legislative Council but Ben Hood's first day of parliament has been a bit different to most, with his sister Lucy, who is a Labor MP welcoming him to the house.

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SA Liberal Party votes to recognise women in its constitution, elects Ben Hood to upper house

The party's state council has voted in favour of changing its constitution, which until now has only ever referred to individuals as "he" or "him". The council has also selected Ben Hood to fill a vacancy in the upper house, which is controversial in some parts of the party, given…

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