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Abortion legalised in NSW after amended bill passes lower house

After weeks of heated debate, the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill has passed the NSW Parliament.

If the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill passes, it will remove abortion from the Crimes Act.

If the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill passes, it will remove abortion from the Crimes Act. Source: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Abortion will be removed from NSW's 119-year-old Crimes Act has after the controversial bill passed the state's lower house to applause. 

MPs voted in favour of the amended legislation on Thursday morning, a day after it passed the upper house after nearly 40 hours of discussion. The bill was passed with no division.

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By Maani Truu, Abdallah Kamal



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