Labor Party rejects abortion change

An article in the SMH has stated that the Labor Party will not pursue decriminalisation of abortion. The Premier was less committal when asked about legislation such as that in South Australia, the only state to collect and publish data on abortions.

When asked to commit to similar information gathering in NSW, Ms Keneally replied: "Not here and not tonight...I do have some concerns about privacy issues, about how the data is collected and how it is interpreted.

The Opposition Leader, Barry O'Farrell, did not comment on the collection of data, but said his party similarly had no plans to seek the decriminalisation of abortion. Any abortion vote in Parliament would be a conscience vote for members of his party, he said.

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