Malcolm Turnbull announced shortly after he became Prime Minister that he wanted Australia to be known as a country that respects women.

But it took media exposure and tens of thousands of people calling and emailing before the government allowed a raped and pregnant Somali refugee to be brought from Nauru to Australia to get the medical help she needed.

Now Turnbull’s Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, says that having a baby is ‘a racket’ and that pregnant women appealing for help are blackmailers. He says he will not allow pregnant asylum seekers and refugees to be brought from Nauru to Australia to give birth safely in Australia.

Golestan is a stateless 34 year-old, Kurdish asylum seeker, who has been on Nauru with her husband and four-year old son for over 16 months living in a stifling tent. She is a diabetic and is 36 weeks pregnant. Giving birth is risky enough; on Nauru, infant mortality is eight times higher than in Australia. 

A diabetic pregnancy is even riskier and requires special help.

For more background see ABC news story here http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-15/peter-dutton-rules-out-transferring-pregnant-asylum-seekers/6856708