NSW abortion law: Liberal minister accuses colleagues of using 'red herring' to stall bill

Shelley Hancock says she’s ‘suspicious’ of last-minute amendment circulated by Mark Speakman and Rob Stokes

A senior Liberal party minister has called last-minute attempts to amend an historic abortion decriminalisation bill in New South Wales “a distraction”, accusing her own colleagues of seeking to delay the legislation.

On Tuesday night Mark Speakman and Rob Stokes – both senior moderates in the Berejiklian government – circulated amendments to the bill in an attempt to placate conservatives in the party.

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