The World's Oldest Multinational Corporation (pt. 2): Australian federal government, Catholic Church gang up to overturn a court decision allowing unmarried women to obtain fertility treatment. The Government's Attorney-General is using an obscure power to allow the Catholic Church to join in a High Court appeal against the law, overriding the court's authority to decide. And if that fails, the government intends to draft legislation to enforce compliance with its view of Christian family values under penalty of law, now don't you worry about that.

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