How to Write Your Email to Your MP

When writing to your MP about the Abortion Law Reform (Sex Selection Prohibition) Amendment Bill 2025, a well-structured, respectful, and personal email is the most effective way to communicate your concerns. Below is a guide to help you craft your message:

1. Introduce Yourself

Begin by briefly introducing yourself. Share your name, age, where you live, and a little about your background, whether you’re married, have children, your profession, or your connection to the community.

If you work in healthcare (midwife, nurse, doctor, or another medical role), make this known upfront, as it adds weight to your perspective on this issue.

If you are a Christian leader (pastor, chaplain, counsellor, educator, presenter, or another faith-based role), make this known upfront, as it adds weight to your perspective on this issue.

2. Establish a Connection

• Thank your MP for their service to the community and, if possible, mention a specific action they have taken that you appreciate.
• If you have met or worked with them before, remind them of that interaction.
• If you share a mutual connection (e.g., same school, community group, or church), mention it as a point of contact.

You are trying to build trust and credibility as a respectable, connected voice in the community, worth listening to.

3. State Your Concerns Clearly

Explain that you are writing to express your support for the Abortion Law Reform (Sex Selection Prohibition) Amendment Bill 2025 and outline specifically why you support the passage of the Bill:

• The protection of all human life, including unborn lives
• The explicit banning of sex selective abortions
• Addressing sex-based discrimination against women through penalising sex-selective abortion

Research/Justification

In May 2025, the journal PLOS Global Public Health published a landmark peer‑reviewed study examining sex ratios at birth in Australia. The researchers found statistically significant imbalances in the sex ratio at birth among specific migrant populations, including in New South Wales. These imbalances are consistent with evidence of prenatal sex‑selective abortion practices occurring in Australia.

The study also noted that the increasing availability of early sex‑determination technologies, such as ultrasound and non‑invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), provides the opportunity for sex‑selective practices to occur.

Sex‑selective abortion is violence against women in its most extreme form. It is the deliberate ending of the lives of girls simply because they are girls. If we truly believe in equality and justice, we cannot remain silent.

4. Request a Specific Action

Conclude your email with a clear request. Ask your MP to take concrete action, such as:

• Meeting with you in person to discuss your concerns further.
• Responding to your email with their position on the bill.
• Writing to the NSW health minister on your behalf requesting he support the Bill.

5. Include your Postal Address

Finally, ensure you include your full postal address so that your MP office can verify that you are a constituent in their electorate.

This email should be respectful, direct, and personal, the more heartfelt and factual the individual it is, the more likely it is to be read and taken seriously.

If this local member tool does not work, you can find your local member by going back and selecting "Suggest an email" and entering your address into the address field.