Perusing Bartlett's highly useful breakdown of the Senate vote on RU486, noting the 'comrades' who voted against, and I see that 2 of the 3 women who voted against moving RU486 from Abbott to the doctors are Labor.
Labor women are more right wing than Liberals?
On women's choice?
To paraphrase the Herd, this party needs a fucking shake up....
Labor were 21 for, with the following 7 against:
Mark Bishop - WAI continue to grudgingly support conscience votes on issues like this, as well as the continued place within Labor of those who are fervently religious but otherwise tolerant and demonstrably left wing.
Stephen Conroy - Vic
Michael Forshaw - NSW
John Hogg - Qld
Steve Hutchins - NSW
Helen Polley - Tas
Ursula Stephens - NSW
Provided they are, of course.
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Jericho's right about winning, and so what would happen is that the two parties would coalition.
But in a way this is how the factions should, and to some extent do, operate. Do they need to split into separate parties, or would a rejig that allowed for a little more open dissent in the party be the trick?
Thing is, even the right is quite split on these issues I think you'll find.
Why does that surprise?
There are liberals in the Liberal parties and some Laborites are from very conservative backgrounds. For example, the SDA.
yeerse...well... the SDA... hmmm....
Why is voting against ru486 a vote against choice? I've never had that adequately explained. We've already got the choice to abort or not.
Well if you want to split hairs, it's a vote against extending choice, or including another option.
From a 'moral' standpoint such opposition only seems to be based on numbers- i.e. ease of access means more use. However you'd think there'd be a more persuasive argument that says it is better to happen right at the outset when the embyo is least formed.
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