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Maxine Peake

17 August 2019

9:00 AM

17 August 2019

9:00 AM

We live in a time of paradoxes. The NSW Parliament has just legislated for terminations to be performed from 22 weeks while our public hospitals devote considerable resources to sustaining pre-term babies born from 22 weeks. At the same time, contraception has never been more available or effective.

Many couples expend their resources and emotion on tantalising IVF treatment.

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