Teen's criminal case renews abortion law debate - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Teen's criminal case renews abortion law debate
The first Australian doctor to legally dispense the controversial abortion drug RU-486 says she is appalled by the case of a Queensland teenager charged with organising the miscarriage of her child.
Pro-abortion activists rallied outside Parliament House in Brisbane today to support the 19-year-old, who is facing up to 14 years' jail for allegedly aborting her unborn baby with illegal drugs.
Cairns gynaecologist and James Cook University lecturer Caroline de Costa has told ABC Radio's PM program that abortion needs to be decriminalised.
"It's very unfortunate for the young woman herself, because abortion should be a private matter between herself and her doctor and her partner and other people she wishes to include," she said.
"The whole idea of punishing women for having an abortion is really contrary to the majority view in Australia I think."
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