Nearly one in three women has an abortion at some time in their life. It's hard to believe but terminating a pregnancy remains a criminal offence in Queensland. Consider some other way this glaring contradiction could be reconciled other than a smack down for 21st century women.

Let's face it: if men bore children ending unwanted pregnancies would've been legal long ago, even if the sunny land of Sir Joh, don't you worry about that.

Abortion is legal in Victoria, ACT and Tasmania, but not Queensland.

Thankfully someone is doing something about it. The ex-ALP Independent Member for Cairns, Rob Pyne, has pledged to draft a private member's Bill to legalise abortion.

Women's rights have come a long way in a century.