NSW will become the final state in the country to remove abortion from the Crimes Act after the contentious bill passed its last hurdle on Thursday morning.
The amended bill has placated conservative MPs, securing Premier Gladys Berejiklian's majority which was under threat after rebel MPs warned they could defect.
NSW MPs and members of the public after the passing of the bill to decriminalise abortion in NSW. Credit:James Brickwood
But in a last-ditch attempt to block the bill, 10 MLCs from the upper house have signed a protest which is being delivered by the clerk's office to the Governor on Thursday afternoon.
The MPs include One Nation's Mark Latham and Rod Roberts; Labor's Courtney Houssos, Greg Donnelly and Shaoquett Moselmane; Liberals' Matthew Mason-Cox and Lou Amato; Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Robert Borsak and Mark Banasiak and Christian Democrat Fred Nile.
Yesterday, the  of New South Wales (NSW), Australia voted to pass the "Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019" which decriminalized abortion.  Until the new legislation, NSW had the most restrictive anti-abortion law in Australia.  The NSW legislature in Sydney abolished any existing  rules about abortion and legalized terminations up to week 22 of a pregnancy.
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Since 1900, under the state's criminal code, abortions were only allowed if a doctor determined the mother was in danger, either mentally or physically. The bill was drafted by  who said on the parliament floor, "It follows decades of work from women's rights campaigners, activists and people in the Parliament". The upper house debate involved 102 amendments, and was amongst the longest they have ever debated a bill.

Member of parliament (MP)  said a law allowing the termination of a life marked a "sad day for NSW". Former prime minister Tony Abbott said, "It is a license for sex-selection abortions. It is a license for late-term abortion ... It is effectively infanticide on demand." 

MP , who co-sponsored the bill, said, "The current law has meant women and doctors have a threat of 10 years in jail for making this decision and that's not okay". Early opponent MP  said, "We have moved the bill to a better place".

Premier  was not present at the bill's final vote.

New South Wales is the most populated Australian state. The state of South Australia still limits abortions to cases with two doctors' approval.