Australia NewsNSW Parliament Rejects Changes to Outlaw Gender-Selective Abortions00CopyFacebookXTruthGettrLinkedInTelegramEmailSavePrintLabor 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 ImagesAAP9/19/2019|Updated: 9/19/2019The 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.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.Share this articleLeave a commentAAPAuthorAustralian Associated Press is an Australian news agency.Author’s Selected ArticlesPauline Hanson’s Tweet ‘Unfit for Afternoon Tea, but Not Racist’Nov 17, 2025Australia to Push for Zero US Tariffs After Beef Tariffs LiftedNov 15, 2025‘Freak Accident’: 13 Injured in Demolition Derby CrashNov 15, 2025Depth of Australia’s Deepest Lake RevealedNov 15, 2025Related Topicsabortion
