Pro-lifers protest law attacking conscience protections in New South Wales, Australia
Summary
Pro-life advocates in New South Wales, Australia, protested against the Abortion Law Reform Amendment (Health Care Access) Bill 2025, which requires healthcare workers with conscientious objections to abortion to refer patients to providers who will perform the procedure. The protest included clergy, bishops, and public figures such as Archbishop Anthony Fisher of Sydney and former Prime Minister Tony Abbott. They argued that the bill undermines conscience protections and threatens religious freedom within healthcare.
Relevance
This protest highlights the legal and political challenges that faith-based healthcare providers face in maintaining religious conscience rights within increasingly secular healthcare policies, as well as the role of the Catholic community in advocating for faith-based healthcare providers.