‘Infanticide on demand’: Tony Abbott slams NSW abortion bill at Sydney rally

Opponents of a bill to legalise abortion in New South Wales have gathered in Sydney, just 24 hours after abortion rights activists held their rally in Hyde Park.

Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce speak during an anti-abortion rally in Hyde Park, Sydney, Sunday, September 15, 2019. Source: AAP

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told an anti-abortion rally that a proposed bill seeking to decriminalise abortion in NSW enables “infanticide on demand”, while Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce labelled it "animalistic", days before the proposed legislation returns to the state’s parliament.

The Sunday afternoon rally, which took place at Sydney’s Hyde Park, came a day after abortion rights supporters gathered in the same park to put forward their support for the historic legislation, which if passed, will remove abortion from NSW’s 119-year-old Crimes Act.

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Abortion rights and anti-abortion supporters make their case after a rally in Sydney's Hyde Park.

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