Has anyone in the Coalition ever actually met a pregnant woman?

By Stephanie Peatling
Updated January 28 2018 - 9:48am, first published October 24 2016 - 9:50pm
Social Services Minister Christian Porter with his son Lachlan and Financial Services Minister  Kelly O'Dwyer with her daughter Olivia at the ministerial swearing ceremony in July. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Social Services Minister Christian Porter with his son Lachlan and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer with her daughter Olivia at the ministerial swearing ceremony in July. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott pushed, then dumped a maternity leave scheme that paid new mothers their full salary for six months. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Tony Abbott pushed, then dumped a maternity leave scheme that paid new mothers their full salary for six months. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Social Services Minister Christian Porter. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Social Services Minister Christian Porter. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Social Services Christian Porter addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Tuesday 20 September 2016. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen  Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Social Services Christian Porter addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Tuesday 20 September 2016. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Social Services Christian Porter addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Tuesday 20 September 2016. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Minister for Social Services Christian Porter addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra on Tuesday 20 September 2016. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

You're 30 weeks pregnant. There's a foot sticking into your rib cage. You are constantly hungry but eating gives you indigestion. You haven't slept properly for weeks and won't again for years to come. You haven't seen your toes for several months and someone has to help you do up your shoes because you can't really bend over. Total strangers tell you what to eat and drink. You are completely and utterly freaked out about giving birth.

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