While it seems that there have been no abortion clinics in Tasmania for ages, Tasmanian people who are too poor to go to proper Australia for an abortion have been coming up with creative ways to stop their relatives from giving birth.
One particular man, by the name of Dick Lonergan from Launceston (way better than Hobart), who impregnated his cousin Emily late last year, attempted abortion by sticking a chainsaw in the womb to decapitate the foetus, who snatched the chainsaw and started attacking its father. Dick would later come back with a pair of nail clippers and choked his unborn child to death.
When questioned about the incident by Victoria Police, Dick said the following:
Emily was complaining about the baby kicking her from inside, and I knew I had to do something it because she is my favourite cousin. That little prick doesn’t deserve a chance at life and nobody who causes such pain for their mother and second cousin before birth has potential to be a good person.
Images of the incident are far to graphic for CNN’s standards, so you’re going to have to take my word for it this time around.
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