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Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe claims University of Adelaide gave her immunity from complaints by pro-choice campaigners

The university, which employs Howe as a law professor, states that it ‘considers each matter on its merits’

The Guardian - AU

SA attorney general refers anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe’s fundraiser ‘game’ for investigation

MLCs label bingo card-style game, where supporters were encouraged to ‘buy’ words and phrases linked to contentious abortion bill, a ‘grift’ that trivialised debate

The Guardian - AU

Bill to restrict abortions later in pregnancy defeated in South Australia after emotional debate

Amendment would have watered down law to allow abortion only where it would save life of mother or another foetus, or for significant risk of abnormalities

The Guardian - AU

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Hate over love: conservative influencers have brought angrier anti-abortion politics to Australia

After two decades of abortion decriminalisation across Australian states and territories, there has been a sudden surge of anti-abortion activity online, in the streets and in parliaments.

The Conversation

State and federal MPs describe death threats and vile abuse in wake of Joanna Howe’s anti-abortion campaign

Representatives around the country say third parties sent abusive messages after they were targeted for their stance on abortion

The Guardian - AU

Abortion pills to be easier to access after Greens bill passes in NSW despite opposition from Tony Abbott

Legislation brings state in line with others, as opposition leader says he refuses to cave to ‘Americanisation of NSW politics’ after grassroots campaign

The Guardian - AU

Medical access to expand to remove 'abortion deserts'

Nurses and midwives will be allowed to prescribe drugs to terminate pregnancies under changes to abortion laws aimed at improving access in regional areas.

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Anti-abortion advocate Joanna Howe banned from South Australia’s upper house for alleged ‘threatening’ tactics towards politicians

Upper house president Terry Stephens says of ‘highest concern’ is suggestion Howe attempted to ‘improperly influence the free performance’ of MLCs’ duties

The Guardian - AU

Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe says she pressured South Australian MP to back out of voting deal

Liberal MLC Jing Lee told parliament she felt pressured after ‘unexpected encounter with a very persistent visitor’ but didn’t name Howe

The Guardian - AU

Anti-abortion activist targets high-profile SA women with ‘baby-killers club’ social media posts

Joanna Howe posts artworks of women including deputy premier and state Greens leader Tammy Franks who said they were ‘designed to promote hatred’

The Guardian - AU

South Australia’s upper house narrowly rejects ‘Trumpian’ bill to wind back abortion care

Legislation to force women seeking a later termination to be induced, deliver the baby alive, and keep it or adopt it out, defeated by 10 votes to nine

The Guardian - AU

I have made the near-impossible choice to terminate a pregnancy. Shaming women for it is cruel

Ben Hood’s anti-abortion bill would force South Australian women to give up their bodily autonomy – but what they need is compassion

The Guardian - AU

Bill proposing South Australians seeking later abortions give birth tantamount to ‘forced birth’, Greens say

Proposed legislation says those seeking an abortion after 27 weeks and six days would have to either keep the baby or adopt it out

The Guardian - AU

Anti-abortion group claims SA politicians pledged to ‘take forward’ bill reversing new medical laws

Labor and Liberal members deny making any such agreement with Enid Lyons List, a group with stated aim of getting more “pro-life” women into parliament

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Anti-abortion group accuses media and Greens MLC of 'inciting violence' against young women

A women's leadership group opposed to abortion has accused Greens MLC Tammy Franks and an Adelaide media outlet of "wilfully mischaracterising" an event it held over the weekend as an "anti-abortion rally".

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