tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post5371438590947558733..comments2024-03-29T15:04:20.549+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: Dr Bertram Wainer - hero to millions of Australian womenHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-80697113193536754342023-03-21T19:07:24.064+11:002023-03-21T19:07:24.064+11:00Anonymous
isn't extraordinary that Victoria w...Anonymous<br /><br />isn't extraordinary that Victoria went through this battle in the years just before and after 1969. It would seem like very old news now, except that the news is still being filled each day with the same battle in many USA states!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-57697865898383267812023-03-21T17:49:15.044+11:002023-03-21T17:49:15.044+11:00Thanks for such an informative post. You have ment...Thanks for such an informative post. You have mentioned the amazing fact. your articles are always amazing. keep posting! <br /><a href="https://www.womenscenter.com/fort_lauderdale_womens_center.html" rel="nofollow"><b>Abortion Clinic Montgomery</b></a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-23259417529534853702022-12-01T22:59:18.173+11:002022-12-01T22:59:18.173+11:00SinghSolicitors
Welcome aboard :) I am guessing ...SinghSolicitors <br /><br />Welcome aboard :) I am guessing you weren't practising law in Victoria in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was a tense era, but one that made a huge difference forever for Victorian families.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-36672715256365096242022-12-01T22:56:30.360+11:002022-12-01T22:56:30.360+11:00Hank
some battles last a long time and are totall...Hank<br /><br />some battles last a long time and are totally sorted out, some battles are never sorted out, and some battles go back and forward over the generations. <br /><br />I remember the Menhennitt Ruling (1969) as if it were yesterday. In his landmark Common Law decision in the Supreme Court, the judge found a doctor not guilty on the grounds that a lawful abortion is one believed by the doctor to be necessary to preserve the woman from serious danger to her life or her mental or physical health. The judge and the doctor were heroes.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35850667791038652062022-12-01T00:37:55.347+11:002022-12-01T00:37:55.347+11:00It's nice to read this post. I found it extrem...It's nice to read this post. I found it extremely helpful. Detailed explanation step by step, I didn't know some information about it before, but after reading your article, I now understand it. <a href="https://www.singhsolicitors.com.au/" rel="nofollow"><b>Lawyer in Melbourne</b></a> <br /> SinghSolicitorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05260162627922029210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-75188529010774801612020-10-22T04:30:47.997+11:002020-10-22T04:30:47.997+11:00Mems might like to read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller....Mems might like to read Catch-22 by Joseph Heller. Yossarian wants a medical discharge but all Doc Daneeka can think about is the money to be made performing illegal abortions back Stateside: <br />'Isn't it worth a try?' Yossarian argued. 'What's so hot about Pianosa?'<br />'Pianosa is terrible. But it's better than the Pacific Ocean. I wouldn't mind being<br />shipped someplace civilized where I might pick up a buck or two in abortion money<br />every now and then.'<br />Daneeka saw his job as 'To uphold the ethics of the profession and never give testimony against another physician.' Hank Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600557947173137546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-6812121418312980062020-10-22T01:39:08.011+11:002020-10-22T01:39:08.011+11:00Thanks so much for this. When I posted "Canad...Thanks so much for this. When I posted "Canadian Liberals and American Libertarians" on Wordpress I had no idea Australia had lagged so far in the era of Comstockism, race suicide fears and papal infallibility. Ireland's recent self-emancipation gives some hope, yet rare is the voter who realizes that the Roe v Wade decision “(a) For the stage prior to approximately the end of the first trimester, the abortion decision and its effectuation must be left to the medical judgment of the pregnant woman’s attending physician. …” was copied from the Libertarian Platform by the Supreme Court 45 days after a woman's first electoral vote was counted. The original version said “We further support the repeal of all laws restricting voluntary birth control or voluntary termination of pregnancies during their first hundred days.” This drew the boiling wrath of Wallace Dixiecrats and Republican National Socialists. Only recently have their platforms quit demanding addition of a girl-bullying amendment to the Bill of Wrongs. See "Libertarian Party Jurisprudence" Hank Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600557947173137546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-43882428964863759852020-10-19T20:20:24.954+11:002020-10-19T20:20:24.954+11:00You might like to read
Australia: Abortion and Hum...You might like to read<br />Australia: Abortion and Human Rights, by R Sifris and S Belton, was published in Health and Human Rights, 01 Jun 2017, 19(1). <br />https://europepmc.org/article/med/28630553#free-full-text<br /><br />This article considers Australian laws within the context of the right to equality, to privacy and to health. After setting out the human rights framework and noting the connected nature of many of the rights, the article then analyses Australian law and practice within this framework. It considers the importance of decriminalising abortion and regulating it as a standard medical procedure.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-60935543728546922952020-10-19T13:20:25.722+11:002020-10-19T13:20:25.722+11:00mem
thank you. The corruption around abortion WAS...mem<br /><br />thank you. The corruption around abortion WAS truly revolting. But it wasn't based on religious commitment to saving foetal lives; rather it was based on making untold money from terrified women and vulnerable gynaecologists. It is ironic that senior policemen and politicians gratefully relied on those same gynaecologists when their _own_ wives were seeking help with unwanted pregnancies.<br /><br />Even if Thump is put in gaol for the rest of his life, American women are still anxious about their Senate and Supreme Court, both anti-woman institutions.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-31927567129472841562020-10-19T10:12:04.574+11:002020-10-19T10:12:04.574+11:00Well Hels , I have learnt more about you and I gre...Well Hels , I have learnt more about you and I greatly admire your courage and your convictions. Thankyou for your service to we women.The corruption around abortion clinics was truly revolting , somehow worse that other corruption . It seems to me that we are again fighting the fight against these overwhelmingly white bullyboy men who feel entitled to run the show . It truly makes me feel sick at times. Lets hope the US sees off one of their most noisy members very soon.<br />memhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15192448988340897285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-46056157835598045232020-10-18T18:51:26.360+11:002020-10-18T18:51:26.360+11:00Parnassus
that is so true. Rosa Parks refused to ...Parnassus<br /><br />that is so true. Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus, was arrested and suffered poverty because of the moral stand she took in segregated Montgomery Alabama. Despite not being certain what would happen to her and to other black citizens, she bravely took the morally upright position. Rev Martin Luther King even more so. He took every opportunity of using his powerful racial equality values, knowing he would probably be killed by haters. <br /><br />I would not be so brave.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-21141743381942199362020-10-18T18:05:35.562+11:002020-10-18T18:05:35.562+11:00Hello Hels, We need to be grateful to so many peo...Hello Hels, We need to be grateful to so many people for our relatively safe, abundant and interesting lives. Many people researched breakthroughs or created art in relative peace, but how much more do we owe to those, like Dr. Wainer and Lionel Pugh, who literally put their lives on the line every day working for their belief in a better society.<br />--Jim Parnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-16834428124833981282020-10-18T14:21:31.292+11:002020-10-18T14:21:31.292+11:00Fun60
A few people dedicate their lives to save w...Fun60<br /><br />A few people dedicate their lives to save women, orphans or whoever needs them. But their first priority surely has to be their own health and safety, and that of their family. To die in one's late 50s is a terrible tragedy.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-35658052473440932292020-10-18T07:23:36.301+11:002020-10-18T07:23:36.301+11:00An interesting account of a man who really cared. ...An interesting account of a man who really cared. Fun60https://www.blogger.com/profile/08084441984556826917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12013001834423928822020-10-17T22:07:16.544+11:002020-10-17T22:07:16.544+11:00Andrew
Readings said Gideon Haigh focused on the ...Andrew<br /><br />Readings said Gideon Haigh focused on the pre-1969 story of corruption in high places and human suffering in low places. Haigh was particularly skilled in courtroom drama and in political machinations, so what might have been a sleazy description of police criminals turned into a sensitive, historical analysis. <br /><br />The protesters/hecklers cannot stand anywhere _in front_ of the clinic since the protective legislation came in. But they _can_ stand on the other side of the road.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-42913887917229986102020-10-17T21:43:49.495+11:002020-10-17T21:43:49.495+11:00Interesting that a sports writer has written his b...Interesting that a sports writer has written his bio. What a great man, and he came from the Gorbals in Glasgow! I wonder if the protestors are still outside the East Melbourne clinic. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-10640220112113174972020-10-17T18:03:43.517+11:002020-10-17T18:03:43.517+11:00Grateful
by the mid 1970s, abortion was already l...Grateful<br /><br />by the mid 1970s, abortion was already legal in this state. So the police would not have been at a clinic dealing with abortion; rather they would have moved on to other more pressing issues.<br /><br />But I do remember the picketers and protesters very well :( They mainly verbally attacked women patients without husbands, thinking that no-one could defend the patients. Fortunately the clinic always ensured that a member of staff could offer a protective arm around patients in the street. Note that Safe Access Zone legislation came in recently (2015), protecting patients from harassment.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18709155774236063522020-10-17T17:47:22.551+11:002020-10-17T17:47:22.551+11:00Luiz
I hope you do too. I think blogs written by ...Luiz<br /><br />I hope you do too. I think blogs written by citizens from other countries are the best way to get a honest picture of those countries. Tourist agencies tend to publish only glorious reports.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2147377277859504712020-10-17T13:39:19.056+11:002020-10-17T13:39:19.056+11:00I visited the clinic in the mid 1970s. I was more ...I visited the clinic in the mid 1970s. I was more afraid of the protesters outside than I was of the police. Thank you, Dr Wainer.Gratefulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12488216715308055602020-10-17T08:09:26.199+11:002020-10-17T08:09:26.199+11:00Boa noite Hels obrigado pela excelente matéria. Es...Boa noite Hels obrigado pela excelente matéria. Espero um dia conhecer o seu belo país. Bom final de semana. Luiz Gomeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07701551526214852309noreply@blogger.com