Report No. 24, 55th Parliament – Abortion Law Reform (Woman's Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016 and Inquiry into laws governing termination of pregnancy in Queensland

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Committee Report

The Committee tabled its report No 24, 55th Parliament - Abortion Law Reform (Woman's Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016 and Inquiry into laws governing termination of pregnancy in Queensland.

View:    Report No 24, 55th Parliament - Abortion Law Reform (Woman's Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016 and Inquiry into laws governing termination of pregnancy in Queensland
View:    Member’s speech introducing the Bill into the Queensland Parliament

View:    Abortion Law Reform (Woman's Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016
View:    Explanatory Notes

Inquiry timeline

Submissions closed:Thursday 30 June 2016.
Private Member’s public briefing:Wednesday 15 June 2016 - transcript   
Public briefings: Tuesday 12 July 2016  10:45am - 4:30pm - transcript
Wednesday 13 July 2016 12:30pm - 5:45pm - transcript
Public hearing dates:Emerald - Thursday 14 July, 10.00am - 1.00pm, The Maraboon Tavern - transcript
Cairns - Friday 15 July, 1.30pm - 4.30pm, Pullman Cairns International - transcript
Brisbane - Monday 1 August- transcript 
Brisbane -  Tuesday 2 August, 08:45am -5:00pm- transcript 
Brisbane - Thursday 4 August, 9:00-10:30am - Parliament  - transcript 
Report tabled:Friday 26 August 2016 - Report

About the Bill

The primary objective of the Abortion Law Reform (Woman's Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016, as outlined in the explanatory notes, is the removal of Abortion from the Queensland Criminal Code.

Referral

On 10 May 2016 Mr Rob Pyne MP, the Member for Cairns, introduced the Abortion Law Reform (Woman's Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016 as a Private Members’ Bill. 

View:  Member’s speech introducing the Bill into the Queensland Parliament

View:  Abortion Law Reform (Woman's Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016

View:  Explanatory Notes to the Abortion Law Reform (Woman’s Right to Choose) Amendment Bill 2016

The Bill was referred to the Health, Communities, Disability Services and Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Committee for detailed consideration.

On 26 May 2016 the Parliament agreed that the Committee, concurrent with its consideration of the Bill, consider, report and make recommendations on aspects of the law governing termination of pregnancy in Queensland to the House on options regarding:

  1. existing practices in Queensland concerning termination of pregnancy by medical practitioners;
  2. existing legal principles that govern termination practices in Queensland;
  3. the need to modernise and clarify the law (without altering current clinical practice), to reflect current community attitudes and expectations;
  4. legislative and regulatory arrangements in other Australian jurisdictions including regulating terminations based on gestational periods; and
  5. provision of counselling and support services for women.
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