Laws are to protect, not add risk
11th February 2014
A/Prof Lachlan de Crespigny
Principal Fellow, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
Prof Michael Permezel
President, RANZCOG
The bill for the first time recognises a crime of grievous bodily harm against an unborn child as a person. The bill amends the Crimes Act 1900 to recognise a fetus of least 20 weeks or body mass of at least 400
