📜 Public Health Amendment (Born Equal - Care and Protection) Bill 2025
Legislative Council Second ReadingLCBill 5011 December 2025Private Member
The Public Health Amendment (Born Equal - Care and Protection) Bill 2025 amends the Public Health Act 2016 to ensure that individuals born alive as a result of an abortion receive the same medical care and legal protection as any other person in Western Australia. It also amends the Coroners Act 1996 and the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 to align with this.
Impact
This bill affects medical practitioners, the State Coroner, and individuals born as a result of abortion. It aims to ensure equal treatment and protection under the law for this group, mandating medical care and reporting of neonatal deaths in such circumstances.
Key Changes
["Amends the Public Health Act 2016 to include specific provisions for persons born as a result of abortion, ensuring they are considered 'persons' under the law.", "Mandates that medical practitioners provide the same standard of medical care to persons born as a result of abortion as to any other person.", "Amends the Coroners Act 1996 to include neonatal deaths of persons born as a result of abortion as reportable deaths.", "Amends the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911 to ensure mandatory reporting of births and deaths in these circumstances to the Chief Health Officer."]
Parliamentary Progress
- LC Second Reading MovedLC11 Dec 2025
- LC First ReadingLC11 Dec 2025
- LC Second Reading SpeechLC11 Dec 2025
Affected Sectors
healthjustice
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