On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 07:44:46 +1100,Eric B <barl...@gmail.com> wrote: >my point was always, and stil is: abortion IS illegal by law. nothing else, >nothing more. > >I do understand that practice of a low might be far from what the text of >the law states. One of the best examples of that is/was smoking >drugs in the Netherlands: my understanding it that it is not legal by law, >but tolerated. The purpose of that is that if the lawmakers must reverse >the decision to tolerate then (ie by pressure from EU?) then this can be >done very quickly without having to go through the motions of passing a new >law.
The situation in Queensland is not for those reasons at all. The simple fact is that the bible bangers are anti-abortion and they vote! There is zero political will to change a law that will have zero change in practice but will cost them some political support. In some places (notably the US, but at least once in Australia), being pro-abortion and/or actually carrying them out can be signing your own death warrant. So you simply turn a blind eye. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman-new.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org MARCHING ON TOGETHER
