Queensland MP avoids questions on abortion pill

Published on June 4, 2026June 4, 2026 by EF TeamLeave a comment

On June 2nd, Robbie Katter introduced a disallowance motion seeking to halt the LNP’s regulation change that allows midwives to prescribe the abortion pill. While there are many aspects of the debate that deserve discussion, one issue sits at the very heart of the matter – and it is the issue that Health Minister Tim Nicholls failed to address.

by Matthew Cliff at Cherish Life

Regulative changes to abortion have been made by the LNP behind the scenes, whilst they have gagged the issue in the chamber.

Version 5 of the Extended Practice Authority for Midwives stated:

“For use in early medical termination of pregnancy. Only if the midwife has completed specified training and has been approved by their employer to administer or give a treatment dose of mifepristone and misoprostol (e.g. MS-2 Step).” ¹

In March 2024, Version 6 of the Extended Practice Authority was introduced, stating “a course approved by the midwife’s employer that includes at a minimum:

– education about early medical termination of pregnancy medicine/s including indications, contraindications, management of common side effects and

administration;

– confirming pregnancy and gestation;

– pre and post termination counselling;

– cultural safety;

– mental health assessment and psychosocial screening;

– screening for domestic violence and reproductive coercion;

– screening for sexually transmitted infections;

– contraceptive advice;

– appropriate management;

– escalation and follow up.” ²

Version 5 & Version 6 (March 2026) below:

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The critical difference is not the training requirements. The critical difference is that the requirement for employer approval has been removed. The change is clear:

Version 5 (March 2024): Midwives must complete training and receive employer approval to administer MS-2 Step.

Version 6 (March 2026): Midwives must complete training, but employer approval is no longer required.

That is a substantive regulatory change. Whether one supports or opposes it, Queenslanders and their elected representatives have every right to ask why this safeguard was removed and what justification exists for doing so.

Robbie Katter did not dispute that training remains in place. His question was straightforward: Why was employer approval removed? Mr Katter stated at the beginning of his speech, “a course approved by the midwife’s employer. That has been taken out. That is a glaring omission in the change that is being proposed to this new regulation.” ³

Yet Health Minister, Tim Nicholls (who voted with Labor to allow abortion up to birth in 2018) failed to engage with the issue. In fact, he went further, stating, “nothing in the updated extended practice authority introduces, alters or expands such provisions. Nothing in these amendments changes the existing legal or clinical framework in that area … So in every step along the way the requirements are unchanged.” ⁴

This is blatantly false. As stated clearly above there has been a change. Nichols obfuscates and spends all his time arguing about version 7, ⁵ which is not relevant to the discussion as it applies to nurses not midwives. ⁶ So, either he has misunderstood the nature of the motion, he has intentionally lied or it is a classic red herring?

Furthermore, Nicholls focuses on training requirements rather than addressing the removal of employer oversight, in doing so he sidesteps the central concern. The debate is not about whether training exists; it is about why an additional layer of accountability that previously existed has been taken away.

Queenslanders deserve a direct answer. Until the Government explains why employer approval was removed, it cannot credibly claim to have addressed the question that was put before it.

Rather conveniently the Speaker of the House LNP MP Jon Krause (Scenic Rim) then halted debate and moved straight to the vote without any opportunity for further questions.

The vote was as follows:

LNP, Labor, Greens MP and Independent (Noosa) voted against.

The Katter Australian Party voted for it.

By Matthew Cliff. This article was first published at Cherish Life and was used here with permission. Cherish Life is one of the largest pro- life organisations in Australia. Cherish Life Queensland was founded in 1970 (as Right to Life Queensland), to advocate for the right to life from conception until natural death.

ENDNOTES

Queensland Health. “Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 Extended Practice Authority ‘Midwives’”.Queensland Health Website. Accessed 3 June, 2026. https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Tabled-Papers/docs/5825t0329/5825t329.pdf. 9. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Extended practice authority: Midwives – version 6.” Queensland Health Website. Accessed 3 June, 2026. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/1108943/epa-midwives.pdf. 7. ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS: Tuesday, 2 June 2026.” Hansard. Accessed 3 June, 2026. https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/2026/2026_06_02_DAILY.pdf. 1599. ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS: Tuesday, 2 June 2026.” Hansard. Accessed 3 June, 2026. https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/2026/2026_06_02_DAILY.pdf. 1601. ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS: Tuesday, 2 June 2026.” Hansard. Accessed 3 June, 2026. https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/2026/2026_06_02_DAILY.pdf. 1601. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Extended practice authority: Nurses – version 7.” Queensland Health Website. Accessed 3 June, 2026. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0030/1108947/epa-registered-nurse.pdf ↩︎

Why is the LNP advancing the agenda of the pro-abortion lobby?

Published on May 7, 2026May 7, 2026 by EF TeamLeave a comment

The LNP has questions to answer over its involvement with pro-abortion lobby interests, especially in light of its parliamentary ‘abortion gag’.

By Matthew Cliff at Cherish Life

Tragically, an expansion of Queensland’s abortion access regulations is now being implemented. This expansion enables “trained” nurses and midwives to perform abortions (Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation 2026).¹ Shockingly, it is the Queensland LNP government who is quietly advancing this regulatory framework, despite having opposed the original amendment introduced by Labor in March 2024.²

Let’s back up, the Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 was introduced by then Labor Health Minister and Minister for Women Shannon Fentiman on 7 March 2024. The amendment passed because Labor had the numbers in the chamber at that time.³

This Act forms part of the broader Queensland Health Termination of Pregnancy Action Plan 2032, a long-term policy framework that was designed by the Pro-Abortion lobby to expand access to abortion across the state.⁴ Pro-Abortion stakeholders included in collaborating on the TOP Action Plan 2032 include, MSI International (who, as we will see, benefits financially from this push),⁵ The Australian College of Midwives (the principle professional organisation for midwives which has adopted a pro-abortion policy)⁶ and The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (another organisation captured by anti-life ideology).⁷

When the legislation passed in March 2024, it did so under a Labor majority, with opposition from the Liberal National Party (LNP), One Nation and the Katter’s Australian Party.⁸ Yet more recently, under the direction of Health Minister Tim Nicholls, the LNP government has moved to implement the regulatory framework necessary to roll out the Act.⁹

Within the Termination of Pregnancy Action Plan 2032, one of the key milestones for the Pro-Abortion lobby was to commit to “amending the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 and Criminal Code Act 1899, to enable nurses and midwives with appropriate qualifications and training to perform a medical termination of pregnancy through the use of termination of pregnancy drugs.”¹⁰ In practical terms, this represents a shift in how abortion is accessed in Queensland.

Three key implications arise from this change. First, the law now allows nurses and midwives to participate directly in medical abortions. Whilst framed as a measure to improve access, especially in rural and remote Queensland,¹¹ this reform effectively cuts through any red tape to allow more pills to be sold and consequently making midwives and nurses complicit in the mass killing of Queensland’s unborn children.

Second, this shift raises serious ethical and financial questions. MSI International has the exclusive rights to MS-2 Step (the Abortion pill), meaning they benefit financially from every medical abortion in Australia. In terms of statistics, between 2019 to 2024, MS-2 Step has been prescribed 212,029 times nationwide, with 99,075 prescriptions in Queensland alone.¹²

Each course of the drug costs $391.06 to the Australian taxpayer, subsidised to $25.00 for the patient.¹³ This equates to an estimated $82.9 million in public expenditure nationally, and approximately $38.7 million in Queensland alone from 2019 to 2024. These funds are directed to MS Health, part of a global network linked to MSI Australia.¹⁴

Third, this regulatory framework directly engages with the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 – the very legislation Premier David Crisafulli has effectively placed under a “gag order.” This raises an obvious question: is this a contradiction? On one hand, the government is actively advancing regulations that shape and expand how the Act operates. On the other, it is restricting open debate and discussion among Queensland’s elected representatives. Put simply, they are willing to act on the legislation—but not willing to allow it to be publicly scrutinised.

So, this development prompts three important questions:

1. Are the LNP fully aware that, through these actions, they are effectively implementing the Termination of Pregnancy Action Plan 2032 – a central strategy of the pro-abortion lobby, spearheaded by Labor MP Shannon Fentiman?

2. Why is the LNP government now advancing the implementation of legislation that they previously opposed, why not pursue an amendment instead?

3. Isn’t it contradictory for you to amend regulation and yet not allow any other public representative to even discuss or debate the changes?

These are significant questions – that the Queensland public demand answering!

Fascinatingly both Qld Queensland Health Minister Tim Nicholls and Premier David Crisafulli voted against the legislation at the time.¹⁵ Now, Tim Nichols is certainly no ally to the Pro-Life movement. Queenslanders need to be reminded that Tim Nichols, the health minister of Queensland, is ideologically aligned with the Pro-Abortion Lobby, so aligned in fact that he was one of three MP’s that crossed the floor and voted with Labor in support of the 2018 Termination of Pregnancy Act.¹⁶ An act which has resulted an even larger number of abortions in Queensland since it was enacted.

Furthermore, scrutiny is warranted in relation to training and oversight proposed in the amendment. Under the new framework, nurses¹⁷ and midwives¹⁸ authorised through an Extended Practice Authority (EPA) may administer abortion drugs. However, basic questions remain about the nature of the required training:

1. Who is behind the training?¹⁹

2. What type of Pre and Post abortion counselling is conducted and again, by whom?²⁰

Surely if organisations with a direct interest in abortion provision are involved in shaping these frameworks, concerns about bias and conflicts of interest inevitably arise.

Equally significant is the issue of conscientious objection. What protections exist for nurses and midwives who, on ethical or religious grounds, do not wish to participate in abortion procedures or related training? Without robust safeguards, there is a risk that healthcare professionals may experience pressure, whether direct or indirect, to act against their deeply held convictions.

In sum, the Health and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 represents a horrendous turning point in Queensland’s abortion provision landscape. Most distressingly it now makes those nurses and midwives who have undergone their “training” complicit in the deaths of more and more unborn children in this state.

So what’s next – we need your help, by submitting the following petition you will send an email to key LNP members of whom we are seeking answers on those important questions listed above. (Click here to access the petition and email)

Footnotes

Queensland Parliament. “Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Amendment Regulation 2026”. Queensland Parliament Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026, https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Tabled-Papers/docs/5826T0216/5826t216.pdf ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “Record of Proceedings: Tuesday,7 March 2024.” Queensland Parliament Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/events/han/2024/2024_03_07_WEEKLY.pdf. 605-606 ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “Record”. 605. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Terminaton of Pregnancy Action Plan 2032.” Queensland Health Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/1316467/Termination-of-Pregnancy-Plan_Digital.pdf ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Termination”. 5. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Termination”. 7. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Termination”. 8. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Termination”. 5. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Termination”. 4. ↩︎
Queensland Health. “Terminaton of Pregnancy Action Plan 2032.” Queensland Health Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://www.health.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/1316467/Termination-of-Pregnancy-Plan_Digital.pdf ↩︎
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Cherish Life. “Abortion Statistics Queensland.” Cherish Life Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://www.cherishlife.org.au/abortionstatisticsqueensland ↩︎
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. “MIFEPRISTONE (&) MISOPROSTOL.” PBS Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://www.pbs.gov.au/medicine/item/10211K ↩︎
MSI Reproductive Choices. “Australia”. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://www.msichoices.org/what-we-do/where-we-work/australia/ ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “Record”. 605-606. ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “Speech by Tim Nichols.” Queensland Parliament Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://documents.parliament.qld.gov.au/speeches/spk2018/Timothy_Nicholls-Clayfield-20181017-750016482916.pdf ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “Extended practice authority: Registered Nurses – version 7.” Queensland Parliament Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Tabled-Papers/docs/5826t0198/5826t198.pdf. 1. ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “Extended practice authority: midwives – version 6.” Queensland Parliament Website. Accessed 27 April, 2026. https://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/Work-of-the-Assembly/Tabled-Papers/docs/5826t0197/5826t197.pdf. 1. ↩︎
Queensland Parliament. “Medicines”. 1. ↩︎
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UK ratifies its decision to decriminalise home abortions up to birth

Published on March 24, 2026March 27, 2026 by EF TeamLeave a comment

The House of Lords rejects amendments calling for safety measures for women, such as an in-person consultation before receiving medication by post to induce abortions outside a clinic.

from Evangelical Focus

The House of Lords has not made any significant changes to the law passed in June by the United Kingdom lower house (House of Commons), which fully decriminalised abortion, including when performed shortly before the baby’s due date.

Pro-life groups had hoped that two amendments tabled by conservative politicians and representatives of the Church of England (which has representation in the House of Lords) would be accepted. But this was not the case.

The House of Lords voted on Wednesday 18 March, with 185 against and 148 in favour, to reject an amendment to the bill that would have removed clause 206 – the part of the text that allows abortions beyond the legal limit of 24 weeks to no longer be considered a crime.

In effect, therefore, any abortion carried out outside a medical practice will go unpunished.

So-called ‘home’ or ‘DIY’ abortions have become much easier to carry out since the British government temporarily facilitated access to medication by post to terminate a pregnancy during the pandemic in 2020. Then, in 2022, these arrangements were made permanent, even though there were no longer any restrictions on accessing medical centres.

A second amendment was also rejected. It called for women to have at least one in-person consultation at a medical centre before carrying out an abortion elsewhere. It was defeated by 191 votes against to 119 in favour.

This means that, barring any surprises, the law decriminalising all forms of abortion up to birth will go ahead. The legal limit for having an abortion in healthcare centres will remain at 24 weeks, but there will be no consequences for those who have an abortion at home beyond that timeframe.

The latest abortion statistics released by the UK government show a record number of abortions. In 2023, 277,970 abortions were performed in England and Wales – 762 a day.

The most significant change since 1967

Abortion was first legalised in the UK in 1967.

Pro-life groups such as Right to Life regard the law now set to be passed as the most significant change in these 60 years. “If this bill becomes law, it will likely lead to a significant increase in the number of women performing late-term abortions at home, endangering the lives of many more women,” said this group, which organises pro-life marches every year.

They believe the new law will also encourage abortions based on the baby’s gender, a practice which, according to a recent survey by Savanta ComRes, is rejected by 89% of the British population.

The Evangelical Alliance UK reacted to the vote with “deep concern” over the “bad news” coming from Westminster. If the law does come into force, the evangelical body added, it is necessary to “ensure that women facing crisis pregnancies receive compassionate, life-affirming support, and that both mother and child are cared for with dignity before and after birth”.

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children regrets that this liberalisation of the abortion law has been “pushed through without any pre-legislative scrutiny, public consultation or a detailed impact assessment”.

They believe the new law “will lead to late-term abortions being carried out on babies who, if born in hospital, would stand a good chance of surviving”.

More abortion in Europe

Attempts to further liberalise abortion laws are also taking place in other European countries.

The European Union has recently stated that its funds can be used for this purpose.

In 2024, France enshrined abortion as a fundamental right in its constitution, and countries such as Spain have also debated the issue.

Countries such as Ireland continue to record new record numbers of abortions.

This article first appeared at Evangelical Focus and is republished under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 license.

Irish court imprisons man for unlawful killing of unborn child

Published on March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 by EF TeamLeave a comment

A man who forced his girlfriend to take abortion pills that killed her nine-week-old unborn baby has been sentenced to prison by an Irish judge.

from The Christian Institute

A man who forced his girlfriend to take abortion pills that killed her nine-week-old unborn baby has been jailed at Letterkenny Circuit Court.

Last week, Judge John Alymer sentenced 28-year-old Adeleke Adelani to eleven years, with the final two years suspended, for the intentional destruction of an unborn life and five years with the last year suspended for causing harm to the child’s mother.

In 2020, Adelani locked the woman in a room and forced her to take five misoprostol 200mg tablets. Misoprostol is normally prescribed by abortion clinics to cause the termination of the unborn child. The court heard a recording in which he threatened: “It’s either you eat this or I beat that kid out of you tonight.”

Forgiveness

In a victim impact statement, the woman — who has since married another man — told the court: “When he wrongfully imprisoned me and caused the termination of my nine-week pregnancy, he took far more than my freedom.

“He took my child. He took my sense of safety. He took a future that I had already begun to plan and love.

“My baby was real to me. I had hopes, dreams, and a bond with the life that was growing inside me, and all of it was violently stolen from me in a moment of cruelty that I will never forget.”

She said she had forgiven the defendant, testified to the importance of her faith, and paid tribute to her husband, “who treats me with the love, dignity and kindness I always deserved, but in Christ, who carried me when I could not carry myself”.

However, she explained, “I will always grieve my child. I will always remember what was taken from me. Healing does not erase the loss, it only means I learned how to live with it.”

Coercion

In sentencing Adelani, Judge Alymer said that he had been “fully aware” of the woman’s “expressed desire to keep her baby and completely aware of the potential appalling emotional consequences of terminating the pregnancy without her consent”.

He described the forced abortion as “an extreme act of physical and emotional violence”, and noted: “While she is very forgiving of you in a very Christian way, it is clear the appalling emotional trauma she suffered as a result of your actions.”

Outside the court, Garda Detective Inspector Paul McGee acknowledged the victim’s “unwavering strength and resolve” throughout the investigation and trial, and said that her decision “to share her experience brings attention to the hidden reality of abuse that takes place behind closed doors”.

The Christian Institute exists for “the furtherance and promotion of the Christian religion in the United Kingdom and elsewhere” and “the advancement of education”. It is a nondenominational Christian charity with more than 60,000 supporters throughout the UK, including more than 5,000 churches. The Christian Institute is committed to upholding the truths of the Bible which we believe is inerrant and the supreme authority for all of life, and is committed to upholding the sanctity of life from conception.