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Robert F. Kennedy Jr appears before the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday for his confirmation hearing as health secretary.

‘Frankly, you frighten people’: RFK Jr grilled on vaccine, abortion U-turns

One of Donald Trump’s most controversial and vulnerable cabinet picks struggled to account for his shape-shifting views, vowing to serve at Trump’s pleasure.

  • Michael Koziol

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A battle is underway over the governance of Australian Catholic University

It’s Sydney and Melbourne versus Brisbane to decide the future of Australia’s Catholic Church

A wider battle over the future of the Catholic Church is fuelling conflict over the leadership and direction of an Australian university.

  • Jordan Baker

Wellness crazies are telling women to ditch the pill. It’s lunacy

Influencers are urging women to abandon hormonal contraceptives like the pill in favour of “period-tracking” apps. But it’s bad advice, unless you want to be pregnant.

  • Jenna Price
Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin at Parliament House on Wednesday.

Who’s a conservative? Battin opens up on abortion, tax and past votes on key issues

The self-styled “bogan from Berwick” relied on his party’s right faction for support but says that doesn’t mean he’s from the party’s more conservative wing.

  • Broede Carmody

Why Hannah Ferguson’s first job instilled in her a level of fear about men

“What it taught me about the dark side of men is the silence around the true nature of domestic violence and child abuse,” says the 26-year-old writer.

  • Robyn Doreian
Premier David Crisafulli’s election campaign was plagued by questions about how he would manage the differing views on abortion in his party, and the parliament.

‘Lost for words’: LNP bans parliamentary debate on abortion laws

Premier David Crisafulli’s election campaign was plagued by unanswered questions about how he would manage differing views in his party, and the parliament.

  • Matt Dennien
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Australian Catholic University walkout over anti-abortion speech

The abortion speech, the student walkout – and the Catholic civil war

A row over an anti-abortion graduation speech prompted high-ranking church officials and conservative lawyers to accuse the Australian Catholic University of failing to uphold the faith.

  • Jordan Baker

In Trump’s America, women don’t feel safe to date. Neither do these Aussies

The 4B movement, a radical feminist movement originating in South Korea, has seen a surge in interest from women in the West.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Liberal upper house MP Nick Goiran.

Goiran to attend pro-life summit as Libs hope to avoid Queensland-style abortion election fire

Pro-life Liberal politician Nick Goiran will speak at the National Life Summit organised by South Australian anti-abortion activist Joanna Howe alongside Katter’s Australian Party MP Robbie Katter.

  • Hamish Hastie
Amy La Porte, an Australian journalist based in Washington State, are planning to have a baby in America.

I plan to give birth in Trump’s America, knowing it could kill me

Access to a safe and legal abortion may be what saves my life in a risky pregnancy or childbirth. It’s no longer guaranteed in the US – and it is why many American women are stockpiling abortion pills.

  • Amy La Porte

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