‘Google an image of a 22-week-old fetus’: Peter Dutton lays into pro-abortion campaigners over late-term terminations while defending women’s right to choose
- MP Peter Dutton has stated that aborting a 22-week-old fetus is ‘too late’
- However, he also said that the choice was ‘ultimately up to the mothers’
- Mr Dutton also said he very much supported the choice of victims of rape
Peter Dutton has told people to Google an image of a 22-year-old fetus to back up his stance that it is ‘too late’ to abort an unborn child at that stage.
The Minister of Home Affairs appeared on Channel Nine’s Today show on Friday and slammed the controversial bill to decriminalise abortion in New South Wales.
Mr Dutton said while he supported terminations for women who have been raped, he firmly believed late-term abortions were wrong.
Peter Dutton (pictured) told people to Google an image of a 22-year-old fetus to back up his it’s ‘too late’ to terminate a pregnancy at that stage
‘I worked in an area, many years ago, where you’re dealing with victims of sexual abuse,’ he said.
‘So, for women who’ve been raped, I very much support their choice and it’s a matter ultimately for the mother but 22 weeks is too late.
‘I mean if you Google an image of a 22-week-old fetus … I think it’s a very difficult circumstance for women obviously in any of those situations but that’s the most contentious element of the NSW debate and I wouldn’t vote for it on that basis.’
Mr Dutton’s stance came in stark contrast to Labor leader Anthony Albanese who said if he could, he’d vote in support of the bill.
Mr Dutton said while he supported woman who have been raped- he stood firm on believing that late-term terminations were wrong. Pictured: Mr Dutton with his family
‘I think women do have a right to choose and with regard to the issue Peter raised it has to involve more than one doctor,’ he said.
The debate continues to wage on after former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce sparked outrage for using his baby son to argue against the proposed bill.
Members from the Labor party told Mr Joyce to ‘sit down’ after he took to the floor ahead of Question Time in parliament on Thursday.
Mr Joyce argued his second son to partner Vikki Campion, Tom, was alive well before he was born and that the push to decriminalise abortion in NSW belittled him as a ‘sub-human’.
Members from the Labor party told Mr Joyce to ‘sit down’ after he took to the floor in parliament on Thursday
‘Inside the womb, Tom kicked, punched, grabbed his umbilical cord, felt pain, slept and dreamed – to say he didn’t have the rights of other human life is to say he must be sub-human,’ Mr Joyce said.
The private member’s bill, which was introduced by independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich to the lower house on Thursday, has 15 co-sponsors from across parliament.
If passed, criminal penalties will be removed from current law in NSW.
The bill was slated to be debated this week but it has been since pushed back to next Tuesday after conservative MPs pushed for a delay.
Mr Joyce (pictured, with Vikki Campion and his sons Tom and Sebastian) argued his second son to partner Vikki Campion, Tom, was alive well before he was born and that the push to decriminalise abortion in NSW belittled him as a ‘sub-human’