A shocking fact.
Nick Goiran, a Western Australian politician, wants to know why 27 babies that survived abortion were just left to die. Goiran has petitioned the legislative council to inquire why the law was clearly ignored. Under Western Australian law, those babies, some of which were as far along as 26 weeks, should have received the same care as a premature baby.
Goiran will not rest until he gets answers.
Goiran is the reason that the Health Minister revealed shocking news that 27 babies survived abortion from 1999 ai??i?? 2016. Most of these were late-term abortions. Goiran said that the Health Minister was clear that the babies received no form of medical attention once they were born. The law is very clear that once a child is born, it is considered a Western Australian citizen. So even if the birth was accidental or not, they should have still be given the same rights and treatment as any other citizen.
He just can't understand why the babies were treated this way.
Goiran told local news: Health practitioners tell us that in Western Australia the protocol is that if the baby is 23 weeks or more, then they engage with all the resources that are available and the skills and so on. Its a call to action at 23 weeks or more. We know that there were at least six late-term abortions that were 26 weeks or more, so why were those six Western Australian babies given a lesser standard of care than other Western Australian babies at 26 weeks or more
The law is clear. People just are not following it.
Goiran wants to find out why the Department of Child Protection was never alerted to any of the cases and why the Coroner did not investigate why these living babies were just left to die. In an interview, he said: The law of Western Australia is actually OK it's just not being followed or implemented. It is contrary to law for these babies not to be provided with care and medical attention; it is contrary to law for these matters not to be reported to the Department of Child Protection and for the Coroner not to investigate. If someone wants to say they were accidental Western Australian, so be it. I wouldn't describe it that way but it doesn't change the law.
He backed a petition to find answers.
Goiran was so disgusted by the facts that he was honored to spearhead a petition that contained over 7000 signatures to get answers. The Coalition for the Defence of Human Life were the ones who organized the petition.We are distressed to learn that the Ombudsman has stated he has no jurisdiction to investigate these child deaths and that there is a difference of opinion between the Department of Health and the Coroner on whether these deaths are reportable. Worse still we understand that the Department of Child Protection was not notified in any of these cases when self-evidently these children must be at the apex of those at-risk in our State,the petition reads. The petition was passed along to the Standing Committee of the Environment and Public Affairs. The committee has contacted the petition organizer to find out the reason for the petition.
Goiran's allies speak out on the matter.
President of the Coalition for the Defence of Human Life, Dwight Randall said: The point I will make is this is a matter that ought to be investigated these babies were born alive and neglected and left to die, and every child born is entitled to care.Randall can accept that some of the abortions were likely to have been born with a severe disability due to the failed abortion, but he believes that some of the babies were viable and had not suffered any serious injury due to the abortion attempt.
Goiran has been trying his best to find out what the mother's reasons were for the late-term abortions but he keeps running into walls at every step. He said: A few years ago, I pursued this very vigorously with the then health minister .They agreed to direct the panel that makes the decisions on late-term abortions, that they have to report to the health minister every year explaining the conditions that the baby had that justified the abortion.
That's A Bad News
This is very important because we know that historically there have been some for Down syndrome and dwarfism. It was a great win for us to get this new accountability measure and there have been two of these annual reports. The bad news is that there's been no transparency those reports are hidden. I have asked repeatedly for them to be tabled in parliament and that has been refused. I have applied under the Freedom of Information Act for those reports to be released the Department of Health has rejected the application. I have applied for a review of that decision the review was also rejected. The reports remain unreleased, so I am now applying to the Freedom of Information Commissioner for an independent determination on that issue.
He just wants to know why they are hiding the truth.
Goiran firmly believes that if the panel is sure that the babies were developing with issues that justified abortion, they shouldn't be hiding those reasons from the public. He said:I very much suspect that the reasons have been kept secret because it continues to be the case that they are allowing these late-term abortions for conditions that are compatible with life. And that is distressing if that is the case.
The Truth Revealed.
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