Hon Sarah Game MLC has introduced a new amendment to restrict late-term abortions from 25 weeks’ gestation.
While similar Bills did not pass in 2024 and 2025, the newly elected South Australian Parliament presents a new landscape and significant opportunity to advance the pro-life cause further in our State.
Since abortion up to birth was legalised in South Australia in 2022, official statistics show that at least 105 babies have been aborted after 22 weeks’ gestation – including in the third trimester. Tragically, these abortions have occurred even for mental health reasons.
At 25 weeks, babies are capable of surviving outside the womb with modern neonatal care. They can respond to touch, hear their parents’ voices, and survive with intensive medical support.
And yet, under current law, healthy viable babies can still be deliberately killed in utero through feticide.
This new Bill would prohibit abortions from 25 weeks except in narrow emergency circumstances involving serious risk to the mother’s life. We are confident that this exception will not need to be used, as abortion is not a procedure conducted in obstetric emergencies.
There are 19 MPs in the new Parliament who have never voted on abortion legislation before. In the Upper House, the addition of three One Nation MLCs alongside returning members such as Ben Hood MLC and Heidi Girolamo MLC means we believe reform in this area has a promising pathway forward.
To secure that outcome, what we need now is for MPs hear from the public.
Email your local MP and key Upper House members to support Hon Sarah Game MLC’s amendment to protect viable unborn children.
