In this conversation, law professor and pro-life advocate Dr. Joanna Howe joins Freya to make the case that Australia's abortion laws represent one of the great unexamined moral failures of our time. Joanna argues that Australians have been deliberately kept in the dark: about what the laws actually permit, about the procedures they sanction, and about the data showing female babies are being selectively aborted and covered up by the officials responsible for acting on it. Dr. Joanna Howe is a Rhodes Scholar and Oxford-trained law professor who has become the leading voice of Australia's resurgent pro-life movement. A former Labor staffer turned legal academic, she is the driving force behind recent legislative efforts to restrict late-term and sex-selective abortion in Australian state parliaments — combining courtroom-level argumentation with a social media reach that extends well beyond the traditional pro-life constituency. Joanna is the mother of 6 children and runs the advocacy group Bird Flip. She is a Professor of Law at the University of Adelaide and a consultant with Harmers Workplace Lawyers. Sign up to John's newsletter here: https://johnanderson.net.au/contact/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conversations feature John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, interviewing the world's foremost thought leaders about today's pressing social, cultural and political issues. John believes proper, robust dialogue is necessary if we are to maintain our social strength and cohesion. As he puts it; "You cannot get good public policy out of a bad public debate." If you value this discussion and want to see more like it, make sure you subscribe to the channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtnYSEGViOnb7k8ezUaWUww?sub_confirmation=1 And stay right up to date with all the conversations by subscribing to the newsletter here: https://johnanderson.net.au/contact/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow Freya Leach: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freya.leach X (Twitter): https://x.com/freyathinks Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freya.leach.3 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/freya-leach-8466281a6/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@freyaleach 2QH0QLLWRVNX5LFA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joanna's social media- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjoannahowe/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrJoannaHowe/ X: https://x.com/ProfJoannaHowe https://www.drjoannahowe.com.au/ https://birdflip.store/