Concerns from conservative Coalition MPs including Andrew Hastie and Barnaby Joyce about paid parental leave applying to late-term abortions elicited “a bit of horror” from women in the party, according to Jane Hume, as Sussan Ley and senior figures rejected the claims from rightwing figures.
Ley Branded as “unreasonable” concerns raised by some colleagues about the potential for women to seek late-term abortions to access paid parental leave. The shadow minister for women, Melissa McINTosh, said: “I’ve never heard of a woman doing that.”
Hume told Sky News: “We shouldn’t use the law directly as a kind of Trojan Horse for personal opinions. I think it’s an unnecessary mess and maybe an error of judgement.”
The debate stems from the Federal Parliament’s consideration of the “Prisa’s Law”, an amendment to the fair work act that protects parental pay paid to the parent of an unborn or deceased child.
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The Liberal MP Tony Pasin, a Hastie ally, said he was concerned the bill would “treat an intentionally late-term aborted child in the same way as it would a natural stillbirth or a baby who dies shortly after birth” and claimed parental leave “shouldn’t be available to people who don’t wish to become parents”.
Medical experts point out that most of the late withdrawals were forced by major health issues.
“Lost a child after 20 weeks the loss of a child. We need to take care of a child with compassion, the president of people’s atrocities and New Zealand of people’s obrestics and New Zealand of obstorians and gynecologists.
The price of Antic, Nampijinpa and Henderson voted for an unsuccessful change in the country that would prevent the payment of children to the parent in the case of an “intentional termination”; The Coalition’s Senate contingent backed Canavan’s unsuccessful bid to avoid specific terminations except in the case of maternal health terminations. The bill later passed without amendment.
Speaking after the passage of the Bill on Monday, the minister of labor relations, Amanda Rishworth, said that the law “is not her” disappointed that some senators tried to make this thing that it is not “.
On Wednesday, Ley was asked about Hadie’s comments on Abc Radio.
“We have to support women through these terrible events where a child is lost. A more difficult thing that can happen in a building that applies in other contexts that applies in other contexts
Ley said he was “not talking about individuals in my party room or individual comments”, but added: “The last thing I would do is issue Jews and [I’m] The bill is certainly very supportive, as is my team. “
Hadie’s office has been contacted for comment.
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McINTosh defended the right of MPs to raise concerns about issues of conscience, although Priya’s passage of the law was welcomed.
“I think about families, and we all have friends and families who have lost children late, and I can only imagine the emotional upheaval that has caused people,” he said.
“That’s their decision. And I hope we can move on from that.”
Pressed on the issue raised by Hasie, Joyce and others, Mcintosh added: “Have you seen a story where a woman has done that?
“I know Andrew Chalie is a man of faith, that’s their position, but that bill passed, and I hope to bring some comfort to the families that were traumatized.”
Hume, ousted from the backbench but a former minister for financial security and women, was also critical of the comments. He said he and many within the Liberal Party support a woman’s right to vote.
“I think that there is a little panic from many women in our Party that this intervention at all is necessary,” said Sky Sky.
“This is a very serious and very personal issue. I don’t think we should be political about anything.”