Premier Gladys Berejiklian was spared from a damaging debate over abortion at her party's council meeting after a majority of Liberals opposed a push to condemn the decriminalisation bill.

Mulgoa MP Tanya Davies moved an urgency motion on Saturday to allow debate over the bill's introduction to NSW Parliament, but the motion was lost 217 votes to 236.

Premier Gladys Berejiklian addresses the party's state council for the first time since her historic election win. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer

The leader of the Liberals' moderate faction, Environment Minister Matt Kean, said the result showed that most Liberals supported abortion law reform.

"This shows that MPs who voted against the bill in parliament are out of step with the majority of the Liberal Party's rank and file and the majority of the broader community," Mr Kean said.