Friday, 15 September 2006

I appreciate the Medical Practitioners Board investigating my complaint particularly given the constant delays it experienced from the Royal Women’s Hospital’s legal challenges.

The Medical Practitioners Board was restricted by its narrow band of powers so the central issue of a possible breach of Victorian Criminal Law, relating to child destruction, could not be addressed.

Nevertheless, from my reading of the Medical Practitioners Board report, I am even more convinced much that went on that fateful night was frightful.

This case was one with no complications. It represented a test case for
late-term abortions in Victoria.

Every possible authority has dealt with this case over the past six years and each has waived through the appropriateness of a late-term abortion at eight months.

I sought to hold a line in the sand in Victoria. However, with no accountability being brought to this case, it seems society is now on a wild ride to normalising abortions at eight to nine months.