The Rev. The Hon. MLC ED., L.Th.,

Member of the Legislative Council Deputy Chair, Privileges Committee Parliamentary Leader, Christian Democratic Party Parliament House, Macquarie Street, NSW 2000 Telephone: (02) 9230 2478 Facsimile: (02) 9230 2098 Email: [email protected]

MEDIA RELEASE ABORTION BILL VOTE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL For immediate circulation

Last night the Legislative Council voted on the Second Reading Speech for the so-called “Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019”. The Bill passed by a vote of 26 to 15. This means that the Bill will now be rescheduled for debate on its amendments on 17 September later this year. Below is a breakdown of those who voted for and against the abortion bill last night:

For the Abortion Bill Nial Blair (Nat.) (Green) (ALP) Anthony D'Adam (ALP) (Green) (Nat.) (Ind.) Ben Franklin (Nat) John Graham (ALP) (Lib.) (Animal J.) (ALP) (Nat.) Shane Mallard (Lib.) (Lib.) (ALP) (ALP) Mark Pearson (Animal J.) (ALP) (ALP) (ALP) (ALP) (Green) (Nat.) (ALP) Natalie Ward (Lib)

Against the Abortion Bill (Lib.) (SFF) (SFF) Catherine Cusack (Lib) (ALP) (Lib.) (ALP) (ONP) N. Maclaren-Jones (Lib.) (Lib.) M. Mason-Cox (Lib.) S. Moselmane (ALP) Rev Nile (CDP) Rod Roberts (ONP) (Lib.)

As a reminder, the following is a list of the Members of the Legislative Assembly who voted for and against the abortion bill on 8 August 2019, which passed on the Third Reading by 59 to 31:

For the Abortion Bill (ALP) Kevin Anderson (Nat.) (Lib.) (Nat.) (ALP) (Lib.) Roy Butler (SFF) (ALP) (ALP) A. Chanthivong (ALP) (Lib.) (Lib.) (Nat.) (ALP) (ALP) (Lib.) (ALP) (SFF) (Lib.) (SFF) (ALP) (Lib.) (Ind.) James Griffin (Lib.) Christopher Gulaptis (Nat.) Shelly Hancock (Lib.) David Harris (ALP) (ALP) (ALP) (Lib.) (Lib.) (ALP) (Lib.) (Green) (ALP) (Nat.) Jodi McKay (ALP) (ALP) (ALP) Marjorie O'Neill (ALP) (ALP) Jamie Parker (Greens) (Lib.) (Ind.) (Nat.) (ALP) (Nat.) Paul Scully (ALP) (Nat.) (Green) (ALP) (Nat.) (ALP) (Lib.) (ALP) (ALP) (ALP) Leslie Williams (Nat.) (Lib.)

Against the Abortion Bill (ALP) (ALP) (Nat.) (Lib.) (Lib.) (ALP) David Elliott (Lib.) (ALP) (Lib.) Michael Johnsen (Nat.) Stephen Kamper (ALP) (ALP) (Lib.) (Lib.) Hugh McDermott (ALP) Joe McGirr (Ind.) (ALP) (Lib.) (Lib.) (Lib.) (Lib.) (Lib.) (Lib.) Nat Smith (Lib.) (Lib.) (Lib.) Mark Taylor (Lib) (Lib) (Lib.) Ray Williams (Lib.) (ALP)

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Reminder:

There is a NSW Parliamentary Petition to stop the latest push to legalise abortion in NSW, a copy of which is attached. Originals should be returned as soon as possible to the address listed on the petition.

There is also an online petition to oppose abortion in NSW, which will be used in future parliamentary debates concerning the Bill in the Legislative Council. That petition is located here (http://chng.it/SgfTHWjm)

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Media inquiries: Rev. Hon. Fred Nile MLC (02) 9230 2478 22 August 2019

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