Victorian upper house MP’s post about abortion described as ‘deplorable’

Bernie Finn's Facebook post came after the leak of draft decision suggesting US supreme court may overturn Roe v Wade

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Victoria's minister for women, Gabrielle Williams, has described a Facebook post by Liberal MP Bernie Finn as deplorable" after he wrote that he was praying" for abortion to be banned in Australia.

The post was published on the upper house MP's Facebook page on Wednesday night, after the leak of a draft decision showing a majority of US supreme court justices may overturn Roe v Wade, which makes abortion a constitutional right.

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