A bill to decriminalize abortion has been voted down in New South Wales Parliament in a 25 to 14 vote. Greens MP Mehreen Faruqi's bill sought to have offences relating to abortion removed from the Crimes Act and common law. It also required doctors who objected to abortion to refer patients on to a doctor who would help them and to install 150-meter safe access zones around abortion clinics to prevent the harassment of staff and patients.
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