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ACL’s Queensland director and spokesperson for women Wendy Francis recently met with parliamentarians in Darwin to advocate for prostitution reform in the Northern Territory. She speaks about her trip and the need for action in this blog piece. The latest abortion figures from Victoria show about 340 post-20 week abortions occured in both 2010 and 2011. Debbie Garrett from Real Choices Australia talks to the ACL’s Katherine Spackman about this in a radio interview. After hearing about the reality of abortion practice in Western Australia highlighted by Nick Goiran MP, ACL is calling for reform of WA’s abortion laws. If you’re a WA resident, write to the state’s Health Minister about banning post-20 week abortions for healthy babies. You can do this via ACL’s Make a Stand campaign page. There are 3 weeks left to make a submission to the Senate inquiry into recognising foreign same-sex marriages in Australia. Tell a friend to sign the statement to the submission at preservingmarriage.acl.org.au. There are some great interviews this week with the Hon Robyn McSweeney from WA speaking about the sexualisation of children report, and Sandy Grant from St Michael’s Anglican Church in NSW urging the government to tackle gambling reform. ACL Team P.S. There is an article in ENews today about a study into same-sex parenting which is worth reading. A sociologist urges caution in interpreting the results.
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