Member

However, in bringing forward Amendment 459, I wish to draw attention to another easily foreseeable consequence of Clause 191. If we removed offences that make it illegal for women to perform their own abortions at any gestation and for any reason, as Clause 191 would do, there would no longer be any legal deterrent against a woman performing an abortion for sex-selective purposes. To do so would no longer be an offence at any gestation.