SA Bill to Ban Late-Term Abortion Fails as Cancer-Stricken MP Rushes Back to Vote

The bill was defeated by a 10-9 vote after an intense debate and drama involving Liberal MP Michelle Lensink, who is on leave for breast cancer treatment.

Parents stand behind the baby shoes of their daughter near their home in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Oct. 9, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

A proposal to amend South Australia’s abortion laws has narrowly failed, following a dramatic sequence of events that saw a cancer-stricken MP rush back to Parliament.

Liberal MP Ben Hood had introduced the bill, which sought to require women seeking to terminate a pregnancy after 28 weeks to undergo an induced birth, with the baby delivered alive and put up for adoption.