More than 1,000 people have turned up at the steps of South Australia's Parliament House in support of a proposal to change state abortion laws.
Hundreds of supporters of Liberal MP Ben Hood 's bill have attended a rally outside South Australia's Parliament House on Wednesday.
Anti-abortion campaigner and University of Adelaide law professor Joanna Howe said the purpose of the rally was to "talk about the implications" of current abortion laws and "to demand change". Mr Hood said that, under such a scenario, a baby born at 28 weeks would "receive neonatal care" and the mother could choose to put the baby up for adoption."I think they're sending a really loud, strong message to Adelaide that this is a barbaric injustice, that this issue has gone on for too long, with too many lies being told to people about what the nature of the abortion today is about," she said.
A bill from Liberal MP Ben Hood, which if successful would require women seeking a late-term abortion to instead undergo an induced birth, has prompted intense debate.
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