Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.1.

[2]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.1.

 

Chapter 2 - The terms of item 16525

[1]        http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-medicarebenefits-index.htm#where (Accessed 13.10.08)

[2]        http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/search.cfm?q=16525&sopt=I (Accessed 13.10.08).

[3]        http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/search.cfm?q=35643&sopt=I  (accessed 13.10.08).

[4]        Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard 29.10.08, p.12; Answer to Question on Notice 29.10.08 (received 5.11.08).

[5]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.2.

[6]        For reasons explained later in this Chapter the sum of these two figures (71,957) does provide an accurate measure of induced terminations in Australia.

[7]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.3.

[8]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.3.

[9]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.3.

[10]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, pp5-15.

[11]      Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Perinatal Mortality Audit Guideline; Section 7: Perinatal Mortality Classifications, p. 116, http://www.psanzpnmsig.org/doc/Clinical%20Practice%20Guideline%20for%20PNM%20Section%207.pdf (Accessed 27.10.08).

[12]      Associate Professor Jeremy Oats, Chair, Victorian Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity, Email correspondence, 5.11.08.

[13]      Public Health Association of Australia cited in Department of Health and Ageing, Answer to Question on Notice, 29.10.08 (received 5.11.08).

[14]      http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&qt=NoteID&q=T4.4 (accessed 13.10.08).

[15]      Ellwood, D, 'Late terminations of pregnancy – an obstetrician's perspective', Australian Health Review, 29(2) May 2005.

[16]      Ellwood, D, 'Late terminations of pregnancy – an obstetrician's perspective', Australian Health Review, 29(2) May 2005.

[17]      Straton J, Godman K, Gee V, & Hu Q. (2006). Induced abortion in Western Australia 1999-2005. Report of the WA Abortion Notification System. Department of Health. Perth, Western Australia, p.13.

[18]      Straton J, Godman K, Gee V, & Hu Q. (2006). Induced abortion in Western Australia 1999-2005. Report of the WA Abortion Notification System. Department of Health. Perth, Western Australia, p.13.

[19]      Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria, Report on late term terminations of pregnancy, Department of Human Services, Victoria, April 1998 cited in Angela Pratt, et al., How many abortions are there in Australia? A discussion of abortion statistics, their limitations, and options for improved statistical collection, Parliamentary Library, Research Note, 14.2.05, number 9, 2004–05, endnote 7.

[20]      Australian Government, Medicare Australia, Medicare Australia Statistics, http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, (Accessed 1.10.08).

[21]      Australian Government, Medicare Australia, Medicare Australia Statistics, https://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, (Accessed 1.10.08).

[22]      Australian Government, Medicare Australia, Medicare Australia Statistics, https://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, (Accessed 1.10.08).

[23]      Australian Government, Medicare Australia, Medicare Australia Statistics, https://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/statistics/mbs_item.shtml, (Accessed 1.10.08).

[24]      Medicare Australia, Answer to Question on Notice 29.10.08 (received 10.11.08).

[25]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.1.

[26]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, pp1–2.

[27]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2.

[28]      Chan A, Scott J, Nguyen A-M, Sage, L. Pregnancy Outcome in South Australia, Pregnancy Outcome Unit, Department of Health, Government of South Australia, November 2007, p.40.

[29]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2.

[30]      The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity. Annual Report for the Year 2006, incorporating the 45^th Survey of Perinatal Deaths in Victoria. Melbourne, July 2008, p.12.

[31]      The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity. Annual Report for the Year 2006, incorporating the 45^th Survey of Perinatal Deaths in Victoria. Melbourne, July 2008, p.13.

[32]      Straton J, Godman K, Gee V, & Hu Q. (2006). Induced abortion in Western Australia 1999-2005. Report of the WA Abortion Notification System. Department of Health. Perth, Western Australia, p.12.

[33]      Straton J, Godman K, Gee V, & Hu Q. (2006). Induced abortion in Western Australia 1999-2005. Report of the WA Abortion Notification System. Department of Health. Perth, Western Australia, p.11.

[34]      Ellwood, D, 'Late terminations of pregnancy – an obstetrician's perspective', Australian Health Review, 29(2) May 2005.

[35]      Straton J, Godman K, Gee V, & Hu Q. (2006). Induced abortion in Western Australia 1999-2005. Report of the WA Abortion Notification System. Department of Health. Perth, Western Australia, p.14.

[36]      Narelle Grayson et al, Use of Routinely Collected National Data Sets for Reporting on Induced Abortion in Australia, (2005), quoted in Victorian Law Commission, Law of Abortion: Final Report, Victorian Government Printer, Melbourne, March 2008, p.36.

[37]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2.

[38]      Ellwood D, 'Late terminations of pregnancy – an obstetrician's perspective', Australian Health Review, 29(2) May 2005.

[39]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.2.

[40]      Pratt A, Biggs A, Buckmaster L., How many abortions are there in Australia? A discussion of abortion statistics, their limitations, and options for improved statistical collection, Research Brief, 14 February 2005, no. 9, 2004-05, ISSN 1832-2883, Parliamentary Library, Department of Parliamentary Services, Parliament of Australia, p.6.

[41]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.1.

[42]      Ms Letitia Nixon, SHine SA, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.32.

[43]      Ms Letitia Nixon, SHine SA, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.32.

[44]      Dr Janet Mould, National Foundation for Australian Women, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, pp56–57.

[45]      Dr Edith Weisberg, Family Planning New South Wales, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.38.

[46]      Pratt A, Biggs A, Buckmaster L, How many abortions are there in Australia? A discussion of abortion statistics, their limitations, and options for improved statistical collection, Research Brief, 14 February 2005, no. 9, 2004-05, ISSN 1832-2883, Parliamentary Library, Department of Parliamentary Services, Parliament of Australia, p.6.

[47]      Chan A and Sage L, Estimating Australia's abortion rates, Medical Journal of Australia, Volume 182, Number 9, 2 May 2005, p.447.

[48]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 190, p.2.

[49]      Dr Andrew Pesce, National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and, Australian Medical Authority, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.104.

[50]      Professor David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.106.

[51]      Chan, A. et al, Classification of perinatal deaths: Development of the Australian and New Zealand classifications, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Volume 40, 2004, p.342.

[52]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Australia's mothers and babies 2005, Perinatal Statistics Series Number 20, November 2007.

[53]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Perinatal National Minimum Data Set compliance evaluation 2001 to 2005, Perinatal Statistics Series Number 21, October 2008, p.1.

[54]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Perinatal National Minimum Data Set compliance evaluation 2001 to 2005, Perinatal Statistics Series Number 21, October 2008, p.7.

[55]      Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Perinatal Statistics Unit, Neural tube defects in Australia. An epidemiological report, November 2008, p. 9.

[56]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.2.

[57]      Mr Michael Ryan, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.15.

[58]      Mr Michael Ryan, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.24.

[59]      Dr Brian Richards, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.18.

[60]      Mr Michael Ryan, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.14.

[61]      Mr Michael Ryan, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.19.

[62]      Mr Michael Ryan, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.19.

[63]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.4.

[64]      Australian Health Insurance Association, Answer to Question on Notice 30.10.08 (received 3.11.08).

[65]      Australian Health Insurance Association, Answer to Question on Notice 30.10.08 (received 3.11.08).

 

Chapter 3 - Effects of disallowance of item 16525: evidence in support of disallowance of item 16525

[1]        See for example, Catholic Health Australia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, pp2-3.

[2]        Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.45.

[3]        Mr Richard Egan, Family Voice Australia, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.47.

[4]        Catholic Women's League of Australia, Submission 208, p.3; Medicine with Morality, Submission 179, p.1; World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Submission 211, p.2.

[5]        Pregnancy Help Australia, Submission 186, p.1.

[6]        Commission on Social and Bioethical Questions, Lutheran Church of Australia, Submission 213, p.2.

[7]        Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.8.

[8]        Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.48.

[9]        Catholic Health Australia, Submission 190, p.1.

[10]      Dr Brian Richards, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.11.

[11]      Dr Brian Richards, Department of Health and Ageing, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.28.

[12]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.48.

[13]      Professor David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.106.

[14]      Pregnancy Help Australia, Submission 186, p.1; Commission on Social and Bioethical Questions, Lutheran Church of Australia, Submission 213, p.2.

[15]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.46.

[16]      Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.46.

[17]      Dr David Knight, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.73.

[18]      Australian Family Association, Submission 177, p.2.

[19]      Australian Family Association, Submission 177, p.3.

[20]      Australian Family Association, Submission 177, p.2; see also Medicine with Morality, Submission 179, p.1; Right to Life Australia, Submission 198, p.1.

[21]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.5; see also Mr Richard Egan, Family Voice, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.43;

[22]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.8.

[23]      Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.5.

[24]      Archdiocese of Adelaide, Submission 181, p.7.

[25]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.48.

[26]      Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.48.

[27]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.8.

[28]      Australian Family Association, Submission 177, p.1.

[29]      Medicine with Morality, Submission 179, p.1

[30]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.2; see also Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, pp80–81.

[31]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.90.

[32]      Archdiocese of Adelaide, Submission 181, p.7.

[33]      Mr Richard Egan, Family Voice Australia, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.36.

[34]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.2.

[35]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.4; see also Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.89.

[36]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.5.

[37]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.98.

[38]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, pp11–12; Parliamentary Group on Population and Development, Submission 436, pp10–11.

[39]      Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.5.

[40]      Australian Family Association, Submission 177, p.2.

[41]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.9; see also Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.95.

[42]      Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, Submission 181, p.5.

[43]      Dr David Knight, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, pp70–71.

[44]      Catholic Women's League of Victoria and Wagga Wagga, Submission 203, p.1; see also Submission 186, p.2; Submission  184, p.1.

[45]      Medicine with Morality, Submission 179, p.1.

[46]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.51.

[47]      Endeavour Forum, Submission 184, p.1.

[48]      Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide, Submission 181, p.6.

[49]      Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.85.

[50]      World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Submission 211, p.3.

[51]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.9.

[52]      See for example, Commission on Social and Bioethical Questions, Lutheran Church of Australia, Submission 213, p.2.

[53]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.9.

[54]      Family Voice Australia, Submission 176, p.3.

[55]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.52.

[56]      Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.53.

[57]      Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.51; see also Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.10.

[58]      Mr Richard Egan, Family Voice Australia, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.46.

[59]      Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.2.

[60]      Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.50.

[61]      Dr David Knight, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.70.

[62]      Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.49.

[63]      http://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=note&q=T4.6&qt=NoteID (Accessed 12.10.08).

[64]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.54.

[65]      See for example, The Australian Family Association, Submission 177, p.1; Family Council of Victoria, Submission 485, p.1; Medicine with Morality, Submission 179, p.2; Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 11, p.4.

[66]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 11, p.4; see also, Family Council of Queensland, Submission 206, p.1.

[67]      Catholic Medical Guild of St Luke, Submission 207, p.1.

[68]      World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, Submission 211, p.2.

[69]      Dr David Knight, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.73.

[70]      Dr David Knight, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.74.

[71]      Dr David Baartz, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.71.

[72]      Dr David Baartz, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.71.

[73]      Dr David Baartz, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.71.

[74]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p.6.

[75]      World Federation of Doctors who Respect Human Life, Submission 211, p.2.

[76]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.47.

[77]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.53.

[78]      Pregnancy Help Australia, Submission 186, p.1.

[79]      The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity. Annual Report for the Year 2006, incorporating the 45^th Survey of Perinatal Deaths in Victoria. Melbourne, July 2008, p.32.

[80]      Dr David Baartz, Committee Hansard (in camera), 30.10.08, p.4.

[81]      Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p. 5.

[82]      Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.2.

[83]      Mr Lyle Shelton, Australian Christian Lobby, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.82.

[84]      Family Voice Australia, Submission 176, p.4.

[85]      Dr Dianne Grocott, Submission 341, p.1.

[86]      Dr Dianne Grocott, Submission 341, p.2.

[87]      Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.46.

[88]      Family Voice Australia, Submission 176, p.8 citing Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines, 47 (1), Jan 2008, pp16–24; see also Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.10.

[89]      Family Voice Australia, Submission 176, p.8 citing Gissler, M, 'Injury deaths, suicides and homicides associated with pregnancy, Finland 1987-2000', European Journal of Public Health, 15(5): 459-63 (2005)

[90]      Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.3.

[91]      Dr Dianne Grocott, Submission 341, p.1.

[92]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.6.

[93]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.6.

[94]      Mr Christopherh Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.2.

[95]      World Federation of Doctors who Respect Human Life, Submission 211, p.2.

[96]      Mrs Rita Joseph, Submission 20, p.9.

[97]      Family Life International, Submission 178, p.3.

[98]      Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.4.

[99]      Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Submission 193, p.1; see also Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard 30.10.08, p.2.

[100]    Dr David Knight, Submission 215, p.1.

[101]    Dr Lachlan Dunjey, Medicine with Morality, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.62.

[102]    Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.4.

[103]    Mr Christopher Meney, Life, Marriage and Family Centre, Catholic Archdiocese of Sydney, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.4.

[104]    Dr David Knight, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.74.

[105]    Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, p3.

[106]    Australian Christian Lobby, Submission 204, pp3–4.

[107]    Dr David van Gend, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Life, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.62.

[108]    Right to Life Australia, Submission 198, p.1.

[109]    Right to Life Australia, Submission 198, p.2.

[110]    Mr Lyle Shelton, Australian Christian Lobby, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.82.

[111]    Mr Lyle Shelton, Australian Christian Lobby, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.95.

[112]    Mr Lyle Shelton, Australian Christian Lobby, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.97.

 

Chapter 4 - Effects of disallowance of item 16525: evidence in support of continued funding

[1]        Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426; Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189; National Foundation for Australian Women, Submission 188; Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205; RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.1.

[2]        Family Planning Queensland, Submission 201, p.2. See also, The Royal Women's Hospital, Submission 196, 1; The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 217, p.1; Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, pp3–4.

[3]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p.2.

[4]        The National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Submission 427, p.3.

[5]        Australian Medical Association, Submission 191, p.1.

[6]        Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.6.

[7]        Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 217, p.1.

[8]        Family Planning NSW, Submission 182, p.3.

[9]        Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, pp12–13.

[10]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.3.

[11]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.16.

[12]      Dr Peter Rischbieth, Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.20.

[13]      Prof David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.104.

[14]      The Royal Women's Hospital, Submission 196, p. 2; Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.13; Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.5.

[15]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.5.

[16]      SHine SA, Submission 92, p.3.

[17]      Family Planning NSW, Submission 182, pp2–3.

[18]      Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.83.

[19]      According to Dr Cockburn, those born at 22 weeks or earlier have no chance of survival. Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, pp6–7.

[20]      Atheist Foundation of Australia Inc, Submission 183, p.2.

[21]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 218, p. 4.

[22]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.13.

[23]      Prof David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.100.

[24]      Prof David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.105.

[25]      Dr Andrew Pesce, National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.102.

[26]      Dr Peter Rischbieth, Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Committee Hansard, 30 October 2008, p.17.

[27]      National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, Submission 427, p.3.

[28]      Family Planning Association of Western Australia, Submission 194, p.1.

[29]      Ms Letitia Nixon, SHine SA, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.36.

[30]      The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity, Annual Report for the Year 2006, p.13.

[31]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.24.

[32]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Committee Hansard, 30 October 2008, pp59–60.

[33]      Mr Colin Bridge, Medicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.22.

[34]      Mr Colin Bridge, Medicare Australia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.23.

[35]      Professor David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.104.

[36]      Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.84.

[37]      Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.86.

[38]      Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.87.

[39]      Professor David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.109.

[40]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p. 1. See also RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2 and National Union of Students, Submission 210, p.1.

[41]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199; Royal Women's Hospital, Submission 196. See also, Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205; Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185; National Union of Students Women's Department, Submission 210.

[42]      Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, p.4; Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.16. See also, Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.3.

[43]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.10.

[44]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.4.

[45]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.12.

[46]      Parliamentary Group on Population and Development, Submission 436, p.4.

[47]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.12.

[48]      Family Planning Association of Western Australia, Submission 194, p.2.

[49]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.2.

[50]      Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, pp88–89.

[51]      Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.89.

[52]      YWCA Australia, Submission 180, p.1.

[53]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2.

[54]      Family Planning NSW, Submission 182, p.1.

[55]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.16.

[56]      Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Submission 217, p.1.

[57]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.17.

[58]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.11.

[59]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.11.

[60]      SHine SA, Submission 92; Family Planning Queensland, Submission 201; Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189; Women's Hospitals Australasia, Submission 209; Family Planning NSW, Submission 182, p. 3; Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, p.3.

[61]      Women's Hospitals Australasia, Submission 209, p. 1.

[62]      The Royal Women's Hospital, Submission 196, p.2.

[63]      Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, pp3–4.

[64]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.14.

[65]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.2.

[66]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.11.

[67]      Women's Hospitals Australasia, Submission 209, p.3.

[68]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.2; The Royal Women's Hospital, Submission 196, p.2; Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, p.4.

[69]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.15.

[70]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.11.

[71]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 190, p.3.

[72]      SHine SA, Submission 92, p. 3. SHine SA is the acronym for Sexual Health information networking and education South Australia.

[73]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2.

[74]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.15.

[75]      Family Planning Queensland, Submission 201, p.1.

[76]      Prof David Ellwood, Women's Hospitals Australasia, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.100.

[77]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.2.

[78]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.16.

[79]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.5.

[80]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.2.

[81]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.5.

[82]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.3.

[83]      Australian Medical Association, Submission 191, p.1.

[84]      YMCA Australia, Submission 180, p.1.

[85]      Department of Health and Aging, Submission 218, p.4.

[86]      Ms Amy Naivasha, Submission 509, p.1.

[87]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2; Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.1; See also Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.4; Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, p.4.

[88]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.2; see also Dr Christine Tippett, RANZCOG, Committee Hansard, p.81.

[89]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.2; Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, p.3; Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.9.

[90]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, pp9–10.

[91]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.2.

[92]      RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.3.

[93]      Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, p.3.

[94]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.15l; see also, Committee Hansard, 30.10.08, p.55.

[95]      Children by Choice, Submission 437, p.1.

[96]      Dr Sally Cockburn, Submission 189, p.17.

[97]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.1.

[98]      Associate Professor Lachlan de Crespigny and Dr Susie Allanson, Submission 185, p.5.

[99]      Medicare Australia, The Australian Health Care System, 28 May 2008, http://www.medicareaustralia.gov.au/about/whatwedo/health-system/index.jsp (Accessed 8.10.08).

[100]    Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Submission 199, p.10.

[101]    Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.2; Associate Professor de Crespigny and Dr Allanson, Submission 185, p.2.

[102]    National Foundation for Australian Women, Submission 188, p.4.

[103]    RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.1.

[104]    Ms Kelsey Powell, Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Committee Hansard, 29.10.08, p.73.

[105]    Family Planning NSW, Submission 182, p.3.

[106]    RANZCOG, Submission 523, p.3.

[107]    Health Services Commissioner, Victoria, Submission 205, p.3.

[108]    Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 426, p.1.

[109]    YMCA Australia, Submission 180, p.1.

[110]    Australian Medical Association, Submission 191, p.2.

 

Additional Comments - Family First

[1]        Queensland Branch, World Federation of Doctors Who Respect Human Life, submission 211.

[2]        Parliamentary Group on Population and Development, submission 436.

[3]        The Australian Family Association, submission 177.

[4]        Family Voice Australia, submission 176.

[5]        Department of Health and Ageing, submission 218.

[6]        Mr Egan, Committee Hansard, 30 October 2008, page 36.

[7]        Department of Health and Ageing, submission 218.

[8]        Mr Bridge, Committee Hansard, 29 October 2008, page 17.

[9]        Dr Dunjey, Committee Hansard 29 October 2008, page 52.

[10]      Dr Dunjey, Committee Hansard 29 October 2008, page 46.

[11]      Mr Meney, Committee Hansard, 30 October 2008, page 2-3.

[12]      Prof. Ellwood, Committee Hansard, 29 October 2008, page 115.

[13]      Dr van Gend, Committee Hansard 29 October 2008, page 49-50.

[14]      Women's Forum Australia, submission 216.

[15]      Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, submission 199.

[16]      Dr Weisberg, Committee Hansard, 29 October 2008, page 41.

[17]      Chipman, P "The moral implications of prenatal genetic testing" Penn Bioeth J 2006 Spring; 2(2); pages 13-6.