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Newspaper items used in the compilation of this issue outline; these meet VCE (Victorian Certificate of Education) English requirements



The Age:  August 21, page 17, comment by Paul Austin, `The risks in abortion reform'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/the-risks-in-abortion-reform-20080820-3yw1.html?page=-1

The Age:  August 20, page 12, letters (on Colleen Hartland MP) incl, `Taking the easy way out will not make you happy / Bravo, for a secret shared'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/letters/taking-the-easy-way-out-will-not-make-you-happy-20080819-3y8f.html

The Herald-Sun:    August 19, page 19, comment by Mirko Bagaric, `Pleas for living from the unborn'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24201643-5000117,00.html

The Age:  August 15, page 13, comment by Nicholas Tonti-Filippini, `Support when it really counts'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/support-when-it-really-counts-20080814-3vnj.html

The Age:  August 15, page 13, comment by Roger Short, Lachlan De Crespigny, Julian Savalescu, `Giving women total control'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/giving-women-total-control-20080814-3vnk.html

The Age:  August 28, page 19, analysis  (on MPS and the "conscience vote") by Paul Austin, `MPs shine in the absence of the party line'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/mps-shine-in-the-absence-of-the-party-line-20080827-43yh.html

The Herald-Sun:    August 25, page 23, comment by Jill Singer, `The anguish of a female choice'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24233499-5000117,00.html

The Australian:   August 25, page 15, analysis by Caroline Overington, `Women with the law on their side'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,,24233593-28737,00.html?from=public_rss

The Age:  August 24, page 18, editorial, `New law will not end abortion controversy'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/new-law-will-not-end-abortion-controversy-20080823-40u4.html?page=-1

The Herald-Sun:    August 22, page 36, comment by Maxine Morand, `Legal reality for female choice'.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24220519-5000117,00.html

The Age:  August 22, page 13, comment by Leslie Cannold, `Men show moral arrogance in wanting control of abortion'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/men-show-moral-arrogance-in-wanting-control-of-abortion-20080821-3zka.html

The Age:  September 11, page 14, editorial, `Abortion: removing the shadow of criminality'.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/editorial/abortion-removing-the-shadow-of-criminality-20080910-4dse.html

The Australian:   September 6, page 24, comment by Angela Shanahan, `Abortion has a new adversary'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24301603-5006785,00.html

The Age:  September 6, Insight section, page 4, comment by Gideon Haigh, `Abortion: the way we were'.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/abortion-the-way-we-were-20080905-4aq7.html

The Australian:   September 5, page 6, news item by Rick Wallace, `Pro-choice lobby fires electoral armoury'.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24295327-5006785,00.html

The Age:  September 12, page 15, comment by Ray Cassin, `Exercising the right to choose is not just the prerogative of one group'.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/09/11/1220857738131.html