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Rachael Ward

UNCOVERED: Victoria will not expand abortion services - The Untold Story

Reason Party MP Fiona Patten failed to force through an expansion of abortion services in Victoria. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

The Victorian Labor government has voted with conservative MPs to stop the expansion of access to abortion services and voluntary assisted dying.

The defeated bill would have forced all hospitals which receive funding from the state to offer the procedures, including those with connections to religious organisations.

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