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Balance-of-power MP Geoff Shaw will travel to the US on a taxpayer-supported study tour to investigate abortion laws ahead of his push to overhaul Victorian legislation.

The independent Frankston MP will spend two weeks on a study trip – funded by himself and taxpayers – examining abortion laws in Georgia, Nevada, Ohio, New York and California.

It comes as Mr Shaw revealed on Thursday that his private members bill, which he plans to introduce before the November election, would outlaw gender selection and late-term abortions, and require doctors to resuscitate babies who survive abortion attempts.

Mr Shaw said he wanted to learn how overseas states approached abortion in preparation for his private members bill. He stressed he would foot the bill for meals, accommodation and internal flights. The Victorian government will subsidise the international flights.