[5] The Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 was first introduced as the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill into the New South Wales Parliament's lower house, the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, by independent Member of Parliament (MP) Alex Greenwich on 1 August 2019.
The private member's Bill had fifteen sponsors, including New South Wales Health and Medical Research Minister Brad Hazzard.
[4] These amendments included requiring that terminations after 22 weeks be performed at a public hospital; making attempts to forcibly coerce or prevent an abortion a criminal offence punished by two years imprisonment; requiring a medical practitioner to provide medical care and treatment to a child born as a result of termination; and banning sex-selection abortions.
It makes it an offence for an unqualified person to carry out or to assist in a termination; punishable by seven years imprisonment.
The Act also makes it an offence to intimidate someone into having an abortion performed, including for the purpose of sex selection.