A push to ban nurses and midwives from prescribing abortion medication in Queensland has sparked outrage.  

Katter Party MP Robbie Katter will on Tuesday move a disallowance motion to overturn regulations expanding access to the abortion drug MS-2 Step, effectively challenging Premier David Crisafulli’s gag on debate. 

The regulation allows trained nurses and midwives to prescribe and supply MS-2 Step for early-stage medical abortions within their scope of practice.

Katter argues the reform has significantly altered abortion access without proper parliamentary scrutiny.

The motion is set to trigger the first debate touching on abortion access since the October 2024 election, one that cannot be blocked under current standing orders.

Crisafulli had earlier blindsided Labor by introducing measures to shut down debate on abortion, following what he labelled a 'scare campaign' over claims the LNP would roll back abortion laws if elected.

The LNP will hold their regular party room meeting on Monday afternoon, where Crisafulli is expected to direct MPs not to support Katter's proposal.

Despite that, first-term Mackay MP Nigel Dalton is widely expected to cross the floor and support the motion, having previously sided with the Katter Party in a vote to lift the gag order on abortion, a move the LNP opposed. 

While the bill is expected to fail, the LNP fears it could deepen internal divisions, with several MPs, including Assistant Minister for Finance and former senator Amanda Stoker, having previously been outspoken opponents of abortion.

Daily Mail understands that, aside from Dalton, no other LNP MP is expected to support the motion.

A protest by abortion advocates is planned for 1pm on Tuesday outside Queensland Parliament, led by Opposition MPs and the University of Queensland Student Union, which is Labor-aligned. 

Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Women Shannon Fentiman has slammed the proposal by the Katter Party, saying those who support it 'don't respect women's right to choose'.

Aussies have voiced their opposition, with an online petition drawing in almost 7,000 signatures.

'Even THINKING about removing BASIC HEALTHCARE from HALF the population of QLD is absolutely abhorrent,' one wrote.

A second added: 'People need to stop telling women what they can and can not do with their bodies!! It's getting ridiculous.' 

Queensland decriminalised abortion in 2018, a reform Crisafulli opposed at the time.

He has since described himself as pro-choice, though the issue exposed deep divisions within the LNP during the last election amid questions over conscience votes.

Opposition Leader Steven Miles said that the changes 'shouldn't be up for debate', warning 'reproductive rights are at risk'. 

'Katter's proposal would strip nurses and midwives of their authority to prescribe or supply MS-2 Step, effectively returning control of early medical abortion access to doctors,' he said. 

Medical abortion involves taking a series of tablets over two days to safely end a pregnancy in its early stages.

Under current rules, patients can access treatment via telehealth without needing to see a clinician in person, with prescriptions issued remotely and filled at pharmacies or Queensland Health facilities.