Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, my question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Is the government aware that each year 19 million women and girls will face serious injury or illness and that 70,000 women will die as a consequence of abortions performed by unskilled people or in unsanitary conditions? Is the minister aware that almost all of those who suffer and die will live in the poorest countries in the world? Does the Australian aid program aim to reduce these unsafe abortions and, if so, how?