Australia Pays Moms as Much as $22,000 to Kill Their Babies in Late-Term Abortions

The Australian government is facing fierce criticism from pro-life advocates for a welfare policy that pays women up to $22,754 to abort their healthy babies after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

It’s a practice critics call a perverse incentive that undermines the sanctity of the unborn.

The policy, administered through Centrelink, allows women who undergo late-term abortions to claim either a Stillborn Baby Payment of $4,327 or Parental Leave Pay totaling $22,754, provided the abortion is certified as a stillbirth. ---More...

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