Article 4QCNS Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott decry ‘infanticide on demand’ at abortion rally

Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott decry ‘infanticide on demand’ at abortion rally

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Helen Davidson
from on (#4QCNS)

Former PM and deputy PM deploy incendiary language to describe decriminalisation bill being considered by NSW parliament

The former prime minister and deputy prime minister of Australia have claimed at an anti-abortion rally in Sydney that a proposed decriminalisation bill has nothing to do with decriminalisation.

Tony Abbott described the bill as "infanticide on demand", while Barnaby Joyce described it as "the slavery debate of our time" while also perpetuating a false claim about pro-choice protesters on Saturday.

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