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by Peter Michael

15 Oct 06:05am

Filed under: Abortion, Court, Crime, Queensland, Tegan Leach

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(Eds note: Peter Michael covered the Queensland abortion trial for the Courier-Mail)

It was like a morning after pill. That’s what Tegan said. That’s how they do birth control in Russia.

Tegan Leach and Sergie Brennan finally smiling outside court yesterday. Picture: Brian Cassey

Except by the time she took them – five tiny pills over 48 hours – she estimated herself to be about five weeks pregnant. “I woke up with a period the next day. And other than that I was fine,’’ she told police brightly, in explanation.

It begs that hoary chestnut: When does life start? When sperm meets egg? When there is a heartbeat? When newborn child emerges from womb and opens eyes and lungs to the world? It does not matter. Not in this case.

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Zednik says:

11:43am | 11/11/10

That’s a given Paul, but for a state to only make one significant social change in 150 years doesn’t say much for its standards of governence. Read more »
Kika says:

02:12pm | 21/10/10

Another attitude which has helped with this is the blase attitude most young men have towards relationships. I don’t know whether this is the result of feminism, I’d say most likely yes, but because women have relaxed their attitudes towards their relationships with men, men don’t have to try so… Read more »

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