In Queensland today a termination is only lawful if it is to "prevent serious danger to the woman's physical or mental health".



Next week politicians will vote on a bill introduced by the state's government to decriminalise abortion and move the procedure from criminal to health legislation. If passed, abortion will be available up to 22 weeks gestation, after which the patient would require two separate doctors to approve the procedure.

Many parts of Queensland's Criminal Code have been repealed over the past 119 years.

Homosexuality was a crime in Queensland until 1991 and people could be charged with offences ranging from indecency, to unnatural offences and sodomy.