Queensland abortion laws must be amended to grant abortions legal under all circumstances. The current Queensland abortion legislations are located under sections 224 – 226 of the Queensland Criminal Code 1899 (Appendices One).
These sections in the criminal code imprison women for up to seven years for exercising her right to choose to continue a pregnancy. It also allows medical staff to be imprisoned for three years for simply helping her execute this right. Woman have been fighting since the second-wave of feminism in the 60’s for this essential reproductive right, which these very laws choke.
The defence against sections 224 – 226 is located in section 282 of the Queensland Criminal Code 18999 (Appendices 1). The defence suggests that
These sections in the criminal code imprison women for up to seven years for exercising her right to choose to continue a pregnancy. It also allows medical staff to be imprisoned for three years for simply helping her execute this right. Woman have been fighting since the second-wave of feminism in the 60’s for this essential reproductive right, which these very laws choke.
The defence against sections 224 – 226 is located in section 282 of the Queensland Criminal Code 18999 (Appendices 1). The defence suggests that