Julia Gillard has paid a very high price for warning us that abortion is once again set to become "the political plaything of men who think they know better".
Not true, scoffed the chorus, including many women. Abortion no longer an issue.
Today a Senate committee will table its report on John Madigan's private senator's bill proposing restrictions to the Medicare rebate for certain types of abortion.
No longer an issue?
But truth, like decency, is no longer part of our political currency it seems.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/comment/bullying-and-outright-treachery-are-the-new-normal-in-australia-20130627-2oysw.html#ixzz2XO1Mt347
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