Australia pays baby bonus for late term abortions!

Media Release 23 July 2025

Right to Life is appalled that the Australian Labour government is now paying a baby bonus to women who have their unborn child killed in an abortion after 20 weeks and up to birth.

Right to Life questions the value that the Australian government places on the value of life and their respect for the dignity of women.

It is deplorable that the government funds the killing of the unborn as a health service, it is now utterly abhorrent that the government should be encouraging women to kill their child in a late term abortion to obtain a baby bonus.

Women may choose to receive a stillbirth payment of $4255 for killing their baby or a Paid Parental Leave Payment of $20147!

Late-term abortion is a pre-meditated act of murder, to take the life of another human being. It is an horrific and barbaric practice.

To kill a baby after 20 weeks and up until birth entails injecting the baby’s heart with potassium chloride or digoxin, and is followed by the early induction of labour of that innocent and defenceless stillborn baby.

This bonus for murdering a child after 20 weeks will encourage women to delay their abortion until 20 weeks pregnancy, in order to claim the baby bonus.

Australia has a very generous policy for families to have a child and pays a bonus of $5000 to carry their baby to birth. The Australian government is now extending that financial provision for their murder as well. Indeed, it not only supports, but also encourages the termination of pregnancies after 20 weeks to claim the $4255 bonus

The Howard Government’s Baby Bonus was criticised, because it created incentives for teen pregnancies. This is far, far worse. Instead of receiving a $5000 cash payment for birthing a baby at full term, the Albanese government is now incentivising late-term abortion in half the time.

Right to Life fully supports the pro-life movement in Australia, in opposing this new attack from the culture of death on women and their precious unborn.

Ken Orr,

Spokesperson,

Right to Life New Zealand Inc.