Exclusive: Party to push for ‘universal access’ as it draws attention to Labor’s deals with Catholic organisation Mater to run public hospitals
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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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