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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent

Queensland Greens vow ban on new deals to outsource hospital services to anti-abortion organisations

Hospital signage at the Mater precinct in Brisbane
The Greens say their proposed ban on any new deals to outsource the running of health or hospital services to ‘anti-choice’ organisations – including providers such as Mater – would not apply to existing arrangements. Photograph: Jono Searle/AAP

The Greens have promised to introduce a bill banning the Queensland government from any new deals to outsource public hospitals to organisations that refuse to provide abortions.

The promise, days before the Queensland election, comes amid a heated statewide abortion debate. It follows reporting by Guardian Australia last year revealing concerns that Catholic-run public hospitals would not provide reproductive care.

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