Victorian public hospitals could not prevent doctors from providing abortions under new bill

Reason party leader Fiona Patten, who is introducing the bill, says imposed religious faith has no place in the public health system'

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Public hospitals in Victoria would not be allowed to stop doctors from providing abortions under a bill being introduced to state parliament this week by the crossbench MP Fiona Patten.

The legislation follows the overturning of the landmark Roe v Wade decision in the US in June, and comes with just four more sitting weeks before Victorians head to the polls in November.