South Australia’s upper house narrowly rejects ‘Trumpian’ bill to wind back abortion care

Women dressed as handmaids protest on the steps of South Australia’s parliament before the vote on the abortion reform bill. Photograph: Abe Maddison/AAP

A child that faces a bedridden life. A girl with intellectual disabilities raped by a family member. Victims of domestic violence or reproductive coercion. There are a variety of distressing reasons women have later stage terminations.

There is no easy definition of when an abortion is considered “late” or “late-term”. It is generally considered anything after 20 weeks’ gestation, but the states and territories have a patchwork of legislation with various milestones.