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Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019

This inquiry was established to inquire and report on the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019.

The terms of reference were referred to the committee by the Legislative Council on 6 August 2019 on recommendation of the Selection of Bills Committee.

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TOR - Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 - 14 August 2019

Date	Milestone
06 Aug 2019	Referred
14 Aug 2019	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
15 Aug 2019	Submissions closed
15 Aug 2019	Hearing - Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney
16 Aug 2019	Hearing - Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, Sydney
27 Aug 2019	Final Report

No. 1 Rabbinical Council of NSW
No. 2 Come to Jesus Church
No. 3 Institute for Ethics and Society, University of Notre Dame Australia
No. 4 Name suppressed
No. 5 The Church in Liverpool
No. 6 St. Stephen's Anglican Church, Normanhurst
No. 7 Solidarityau
No. 8 Name suppressed
No. 9 Pregnancy Help Australia Ltd
No. 10 Name suppressed
No. 11 Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)
No. 12 Real Choices Australia
No. 13 Right to Life NSW
No. 14 Marie Stopes Australia
No. 15 Family Planning NSW
No. 16 St Thomas More Society
No. 17 Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia
No. 18 The Hon. Greg Donnelly MLC
No. 19 New South Wales Bar Association
No. 20 Catholic Bishops of New South Wales
No. 21 School of Law, University of Notre Dame Australia
No. 22 Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Australia
No. 23 New South Wales Nurses and Midwivews' Association
No. 24 University of Notre Dame Australia
No. 25 Australian Human Rights Centre
No. 26 NSW Pro-Choice Alliance
No. 27 Name suppressed
No. 28 Our Bodies Our Choices
No. 29 Central Coast Community Women's Health Centre
No. 30 NSW Pro-Chioce
No. 31 Women's Health NSW
No. 32 Women's Legal Service NSW
No. 33 Australian Christian Lobby
No. 34 Anglican Church Diocese of Sydney
No. 35 The Australian Family Association
No. 36 Women and Babies Support (WOMBS)
No. 37 Newcastle Pregnancy Help Inc
No. 38 Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia
No. 39 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)
No. 40 Ambrose Centre for Religious Liberty
No. 41 Plunkett Centre for Ethics
No. 42 New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL)
No. 43 Dr Simon McCaffrey
No. 44 NSW Council of Social Service (NCOSS)
No. 45 Australian Medical Association (NSW)
No. 46 Women's Forum Australia
No. 47 Rev Dr Margaret Mayman
No. 48 Greek Orthodox Church of Australia
No. 49 Women’s Bioethics Alliance

Date	Venue Details
14/08/2019	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
15/08/2019	Macquarie Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
16/08/2019	Preston Stanley Room, Parliament House, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2019-08-19	19/08/2019	Other	Random sample of 40 submissions received by email
2019-08-19	19/08/2019	Correspondence	Dr Hugh McDermott MP - Forwarding correspondence received in relation to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019
2019-08-16	16/08/2019	Other	Random sample of 100 submissions received through the website
2019-08-15	15/08/2019	Tendered Document	Dr John Whitehall, The Power of 13, The Medical Journal of Australia, 16 December 2013.
2019-08-14	14/08/2019	Media Release	Media release - Hearings underway for inquiry
2019-08-14	14/08/2019	Tendered Document	Opening statement tendered by Bishop Daniel, Bishop for the Coptic Orthodox Church – Diocese of Sydney
2019-08-14	14/08/2019	Tendered Document	"Pregnancy - Framework for Terminations in New South Wales Public Health Organisations" tendered by Mr Donnelly
2019-08-07	07/08/2019	Media Release	Commencement of inquiry

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