'I felt I had been abandoned': inconsistency and fear surrounds late-term abortion

By Amy Corderoy
Updated January 5 2015 - 10:13am, first published December 12 2014 - 11:45pm
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley
Fraught area: Frank and Cindy (surnames withheld) who have been through the distress of late-term abortion. Photo: Louise Kennerley

A NSW couple who fought to have their pregnancy terminated at 28 weeks after discovering the foetus had a physical abnormality has revealed the inconsistency and fear surrounding decisions over late-term abortion in NSW, where the procedure remains a criminal act, punishable by ten years jail.

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