voted.nz People Votes About ☰
People Votes About

Abortion Legislation Bill — In Committee — Part 2 — Sex selection

17 March, 2020

Summary

This Supplementary Order Paper amends the Abortion Legislation Bill by inserting new section 184 in clause 12 to prohibit the provision of abortion on the grounds of sex discrimination. These sections introduce penalties associated with contravening the premise of non-discrimination.

The question was put that the amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper 478 in the name of Melissa Lee to clause 12 to insert new section 184 be agreed to.

Mover of amendment

Photo of Melissa Lee
Melissa Lee
National Party, List

Votes Not passed by a modest majority

Amendment not agreed to.

Personal Vote

This was a personal vote (or conscience vote) which meant MPs could decide how to vote on their own, rather than having to follow the party position. Learn more on the official Parliament website.

50 Voted For




70 Voted Against





External References

This work is based on Member of Parliament data from the Office of the Clerk and Parliamentary Services which is licensed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives and/or the Parliamentary Corporation on behalf of Parliamentary Service for re-use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Full licence available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

It also includes public domain content such as voting information from the Parliamentary debates (Hansard) and information about Government Bills.

Image of Melissa Lee (resized, cropped) by The New Zealand National Party, used with permission.

All original material is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Full licence available at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.