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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Karen Middleton Political editor

Greens to ask Senate to vote to jettison anti-abortion bill in bid to split Coalition on issue

Greens senator Larissa Waters
Greens senator Larissa Waters has advised the Senate she will move a motion on 26 November seeking to have the Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill discharged. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The Greens will seek to split the Coalition on the politically fraught issue of abortion by asking the Senate to vote to jettison an anti-abortion bill championed by two Coalition senators.

The Greens senator Larissa Waters advised the Senate on Tuesday evening that she would move a motion on 26 November seeking to have the Human Rights (Children Born Alive Protection) Bill discharged.

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