This MP Believes Women Are Being Coerced Into Abortions By Their Violent Partners
“There might not actually be a full research study on that.”
Queensland state MP Mark Robinson is vehemently opposed to a bill to decriminalise abortion in the state where it is currently only lawful if performed to “prevent serious danger to the woman’s physical or mental health”.
He believes the bill removes protections from women who he claims are being "coerced" into abortions by their violent partners.
“I think certainly there are cases that industry professionals on a regular basis have women come to them and report that the partner in their life is actually trying to coerce them into having an abortion," Robinson told BuzzFeed News.
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But Cairns sexual health doctor Jo MacLean, who has worked in obstetrics and pregnancy terminations over two decades, told BuzzFeed News she deals regularly with victims of domestic violence seeking abortions and has never encountered the phenomenon.
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