NSW Parliament Rejects Changes to Outlaw Gender-Selective Abortions

Labor MP Penny Sharpe speaks during the debate on the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 in Sydney, Australia, on Sept. 17, 2019. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

The NSW upper house has rejected an amendment to the progressive abortion bill that wanted to ban gender-selective abortions.

After a heated debate that went long into Wednesday evening, the upper house voted 15 in favour of the amendment to 26 against.