“The problem with the Australian practice of abortion is that an objectively grave matter has been reduced to a question of the mother’s convenience.”

— Tony Abbott

Quoted in "Abortion rate a tragedy, says Abbott" http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/03/16/1079199224910.html on www.theage.com.au, March 17, 2004.
2004

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