A recent Guardian article revealed audio of Freya Ostapovitch, the LNP candidate for Stretton, telling a voter that although she is "pro-life," she must stay silent about her true position until after the election. Ostapovitch even repeated discredited medical claims linking abortion to breast cancer.
In a recent press conference, Donna Kirkland, the LNP candidate for Rockhampton, repeatedly avoided answering questions about her views on abortion. Reporters pressed her on a 2019 social media post where she shared content from the Australian Christians Party, which described abortion as “the greatest human rights abuse of our time.” Instead of addressing the issue, Kirkland responded with the same two lines: “It’s not a part of our plan” and “We have ruled it out.”
Former LNP Minister Jann Stuckey has expressed fears that Queensland’s Liberal National Party (LNP) may overturn abortion and voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws if elected on October 26. Stuckey, who left the party in 2020, voiced her concerns that despite David Crisafulli’s promises, intense lobbying from anti-choice MPs and other political factions will push for changes.
Susanna Damianopoulos, the LNP candidate for Springwood, has a long history of anti-abortion activism. Damianopoulos, who once protested outside Parliament with the word “LIFE” taped across her mouth, now claims to respect LNP leader David Crisafulli’s promise not to change Queensland’s abortion laws during the party’s first term in government.