Abortion

I was unaware of the Victorian government's move to change the abortion laws until I read Tracy Spicer piece in today's Telegraph.

The overwhelming message seems to be this: we support a woman's right to choose but, at 24 weeks, the pregnancy is too far advanced.

The mother of six-year-old Thomas Sharples, who was born at 26 weeks, is one of many weighing in to the debate, expressing her disgust.

"You are murdering this child. I know they talk about them being a foetus or embryo but Thomas was a baby to me."

I'm willing to accept the current laws although I think abortion is something to be discouraged. You would want to make sure the mother is provided with all the alternatives so she really has a choice. But I don't care what the pro-choice people say, 24 weeks is far to advanced for an abortion. A baby born that prematurely has a reasonable chance of survival . Its just plain murder.

Further it looks like the legislation could force doctors to preform abortions. Mr Rudd is being asked to stop the legislation on human rights grounds.