Saving babies who could live

Media Release: 18th September 2009

Pro-family, pro-life groups including FamilyVoice Australia have joined forces to highlight the tragedy of Australian babies who are being aborted at an age when they could survive outside the womb.

The groups have advertised their concerns in a major national newspaper, using the paper’s own graphic image a week earlier, of a baby who has survived despite being born at only 23 weeks of pregnancy.  The ad in The Weekend Australian (19-20/9/09) says:  “Babies born at just 23 weeks can now be saved, but we abort them even later.  Has abortion gone too far?”  (See attachment).

FamilyVoice Australia research officer Ros Phillips said most people do not stop to think about what is happening in an abortion.  “When late (second trimester) abortions are performed, there is a real live baby in the womb who is moving, kicking and feeling pain,” she said.

“The destruction and removal of these babies is subsidised by taxpayers.  In Victoria and the ACT, babies can be aborted for almost any reason, right up until the time of natural birth.

“We are asking Australians to think again – and to give mothers the support they need to continue their pregnancies.  Give life a chance!”  Mrs Phillips said.

Media Contact:  Ros Phillips  1300 365 965 (office); 08 8264 5398 (home)

Mrs Roslyn Phillips, B Sc Dip Ed

National Research Officer
FamilyVoice Australia
National Office: 4th Floor 68 Grenfell Street, Adelaide  SA  5000
Phone: 1300 365 965

Email: rhp@fava.org.au