Religious Discrimination Bill: women fact sheet

Women’s access to healthcare will be put at risk, and all women will lose discrimination protections, to accommodate the religious beliefs of people who want to discriminate against them.

The Government has released its second draft Religious Discrimination Bill which aims to protect people of faith and without faith from discrimination in certain areas of public life, such as employment, education and the provision of goods and services. 

The Bill threatens access to healthcare and takes away existing discrimination protections, leaving all women (including single mothers, pregnant women, divorcees, de factos, and same-sex attracted and/or trans women) at greater risk of discrimination in employment, education and the provision of goods and services.