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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe says she pressured South Australian MP to back out of voting deal

Joanna Howe speaks to supporters of an abortion law reform on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide
Activist Joanna Howe speaks to supporters of abortion law reform on the steps of Parliament House in Adelaide. Photograph: Matt Turner/AAP

The anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe says she put pressure on the South Australian MP Jing Lee to back out of a voting deal on controversial “forced birth” legislation that proposed changes to the state’s abortion laws.

But Howe also said she was not certain Lee was referring to her when the Liberal MLC described an “external visitor” that made her feel “pressured”, “unsafe” and “vulnerable” on the night of the vote, 16 October.

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