Victoria's Abortion Law Reform Act

ABC News, “Catholic Maternity Wards “Face Closure’ if Abortion Law Passes'’, 24 September 2008, <abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/23/2372460.htm> at 16 October 2008.

Victorian Law Reform Commission, Law of Abortion: Final Report, Report No. 15 (May 2008).

Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 (Vic), s 4.

Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 (Vic), s 5.

See, generally, Zampas Christina Gher Jaime M. , ‘Abortion as a Human Right – International and Regional Standards’ (2008) 8 Human Rights Law Review 249.

See, eg, Vo v France (2004) Eur Court HR, No 53924/00, para 92; Brualla Gómez de la Torre v Spain (1997) VIII Eur Court HR 2955, para 33.

Zampas Gher , above n 5, 255.

Every year more than 70 000 women die from unsafe abortion practices: World Health Organisation, Unsafe Abortion: Global and Regional Estimates of Incidence of and Mortality due to Unsafe Abortion with a Listing of Available Country Data, 3rd edition (Geneva, 1997), WHO/RHT/MSM/97.16, 3–14.

Vo v France (2004) Eur Court HR, No 53924/00.

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 16 December 1966, 999 U.N.T.S. 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976).

Arnaudo Peter , Attorney-General's Department, Hansard — Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Reference: Treaties tabled on 14 May and 4 June 2008, 16 June 2008, 7.aph.gov.au/hansard/joint/commttee/J10940.pdf at 6 November 2008

Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 (Vic), s 8(1).

Abortion Law Reform Act 2008 (Vic), s 8(3) and s 8(4).

Human Rights Committee, General Comment 22 on the Right to Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion, 48th sess, [8] UN Doc. CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.4 (X1993).

Ibid.

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) s 7(2); International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, above n 10, art 18(3).

Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic) s 7(2).

International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, above n 10, art 18(3).

Knowles Phoebe Ball Rachel ‘My Body: My Right’ Herald Sun (Melbourne) 9 October 2008.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, General Recommendation 24 on Women and Health, 20th session, 1999.

Victoria , Second Reading Speech, Legislative Assembly, 19 August 2008, 2951 (Maxine Morand, Minister for Women's Affairs).