How your MP voted on the abortion bill
A contentious bill aiming to reduce access to late-term abortions in South Australia was defeated in Parliament tonight. See how your MP voted.
Family First MP Sarah Game’s contentious bill to restrict access to late-term abortions was defeated in the lower house of South Australian parliament today, after hours of debate in both houses.
Both Premier Peter Malinauskas and Opposition Leader Ashton Hurn voted in favour of the bill.
It was a nail-biter in the upper house, with the bill passing by just one vote. The bill was easily defeated in the lower house, with just nine votes in favour of the controversial piece of legislation.
Speaker of the House, Nat Cook does not get a vote. Cook shared the news that “tonight the South Australian Parliament voted for unchanged access to Abortion” with three orange love hearts to her social media. Cook was previously involved in the campaign to decriminalise abortion in 2021.
Labor’s Alex Dighton did not vote, as he was on paternity leave.
How your MP voted
| LOWER HOUSE | |
|---|---|
| FOR | AGAINST |
| Chantelle Thomas, One Nation | Blair Boyer, Labor |
| Robert Roylance, One Nation | Joe Szakacs, Labor |
| David Paton, One Nation | Aria Bolkus, Labor |
| Jason Virgo, One Nation | Jenn Roberts, Labor |
| Tom Koutsantonis, Labor | Alice Rolls, Labor |
| Sam Telfer, Liberal | Rhiannon Pearce, Labor |
| Ashton Hurn, Liberal | Olivia Savvas, Labor |
| Peter Malinauskas, Labor | Katrine Hildyard, Labor |
| Michael Brown, Labor | Cheyne Rich, Labor |
| Sarah Andrews, Labor | |
| Nadia Clancy, Labor | |
| Lucy Hood, Labor | |
| Catherine Hutchesson, Labor | |
| Josh Teague, Liberal | |
| Erin Thompson, Labor | |
| Louise Nicholson, Independent | |
| Jack Batty, Liberal | |
| Jayne Stinson, Labor | |
| Tim Whetstone, Liberal | |
| Jennifer Mitton, Labor | |
| Matthew Marozzi, Labor | |
| Cressida O’Hanlon, Labor | |
| Chris Picton, Labor | |
| Toby Priest, Labor | |
| Matt Schultz, Independent | |
| Ella Shaw, Labor | |
| Megan Spencer, Labor | |
| David Wilkins, Labor | |
| James Agness, Labor | |
| Lawrence Ben, Labor | |
| Zoe Bettison, Labor | |
| Geoff Brock, Independent | |
| Nick Champion, Labor | |
| Travis Fatchen, Labor | |
| John Fulbrook, Labor | |
| Edward Hughes, Labor | |
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| UPPER HOUSE | |
|---|---|
| FOR | AGAINST |
| Sarah Game, Family First | Mira El Dannari, Labor |
| Heidi Giralamo, Liberal | Kyam Maher, Labor |
| Ben Hood, Liberal | Hilton Gumbys, Labor |
| Nicola Centofanti, Liberal | Russel Wortley, Labor |
| Clare Scriven, Labor | Emily Bourke, Labor |
| Tung Ngo, Labor | Ian Hunter, Labor |
| Dennis Hood, Liberal | Robert Simms, Greens |
| Rebecca Hewett, One Nation | Melanie Selwood, Greens |
| Cory Bernardi, One Nation | Justin Hanson, Labor |
| Carlos Quaremba, One Nation | |
Note: Michelle Lensink (against) paired with Laura Henderson (for) as she was sick today.
Editor’s correction: The table previously showed Nat Cook and Alex Dighton voting against the bill; this was incorrect. Cook does not get a vote as Speaker of the House and Dighton was on paternity leave.
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