The Reason Party leader says the balance within both major parties seems to be shifting, and fears that presents a risk to social reforms under way in Victoria. springst
– worries a new religious bloc in the Liberal Party and a larger group of Labor MPs from the traditionally conservative shop workers union could prevent future changes.
When Victoria’s nation-first euthanasia laws are reviewed by parliament after the election, MPs will get the chance to make assisted dying easier or more difficult to access. The bill followed the US Supreme Court’s decision in June to overturn Roe v Wade, the 1973 case ruling that ensured women in America had a constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy.Liberal MP Cathrine Burnett-Wake will lose her Eastern Victoria upper house seat after being toppled at a recent preselection vote by religious conservative Renee Heath.
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