Abortion Once Frowned Upon, Now Celebrated: Academic Leader

Australians abort around 80,000 babies every year in a practice that was once religiously and culturally frowned upon.

An undated file photo of a baby grabbing its mother's fingers. PA

The equivalent of more than 3,000 classrooms’ worth of children are lost to abortion every year in Australia, as the nation grapples with its lowest birthrate in 90 years.

At the same time, abortion has—in just the last two weeks—became one of the most pervasive topics in the 2024 Queensland election.