Senior Coalition women and Senator Matt Canavan reject Jacinta Price’s abortion comments

Shadow Indigenous Australians spokesperson says she ‘cannot agree’ with later term abortions, sparking rebuke from Sussan Ley, Jane Hume and Bridget McKenzie

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Senior Coalition women have rebuked Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s comments about abortion, saying the Liberal Party had “no interest in unwinding women’s reproductive rights” and saying it was an issue advanced by “fringe” politicians.

Even staunchly “pro-life” colleagues of the senator would not back her comments on Wednesday, with Queensland’s Matt Canavan saying it would not be helpful to discuss abortion in the lead-up to the federal election, and calling to “turn the temperature down” on the debate.