The news is that in the last week, the first week of February 1998, as anticipated, the Goverment is about to force the issue. One of the city's leading professional abortionists is about to be charged with illegally performing an abortion. He faces a maximum 14 year gaol term. The sticking point is that in the Criminal Code, an abortion can be legally performed if the mother's life is compromised by the pregnancy. That can by read as physical, mental, emotional, if you want, but it can be read straight - as physical.

more to come...