Abortion Reform Bill passed. How to thank your MLCs

It seems that despite a few amendment hurdles women will now be able to exercise some control over when they use their precious power to make people without the threat of criminal prosecution. Am I happy? You betcha.

However, the MPs who voted for decriminalisation are probably still receiving hate mail as I write this.

Please help redress the balance and thank them. It's just one word, in one email (if you cut and past the long address I have provided below).

Here are the MLCs who voted for the bill:

Greg Barber, Greens
Candy Broad, Labor
Andrea Coote, Liberal
Kaye Darveniza, Labor
David Davis, Liberal
Philip Davis, Liberal
Khalil Eideh, Labor
Peter Hall, Nationals
Colleen Hartland, Greens
Gavin Jennings, Labor
David Koch, Liberal
Shaun Leane, Labor
Wendy Lovell, Liberal
Justin Madden, Labor
Jenny Mikakos, Labor
Martin Pakula, Labor
Sue Pennicuik, Greens
Jaala Pulford, Labor
Johan Scheffer, Labor
Brian Tee, Labor
Evan Thornley, Labor
Gayle Tierney, Labor
Matthew Viney, Labor

...and here is something you can cut and paste into the "To:" field of your mail program, it works for apple mail, and I imagine it will work for most mail programs:

greg.barber@parliament.vic.gov.au, candy.broad@parliament.vic.gov.au,andrea.coote@parliament.vic.gov.au, kaye.darveniza@parliament.vic.gov.au, david.davis@parliament.vic.gov.au, philip.davis@parliament.vic.gov.au, khalil.eideh@parliament.vic.gov.au, peter.hall@parliament.vic.gov.au, colleen.hartland@parliament.vic.gov.au, gavin.jennings@parliament.vic.gov.au, david.koch@parliament.vic.gov.au, shaun.leane@parliament.vic.gov.au, wendy.lovell@parliament.vic.gov.au, justin.madden@parliament.vic.gov.au, jenny.mikakos@parliament.vic.gov.au, martin.pakula@parliament.vic.gov.au, sue.pennicuik@parliament.vic.gov.au, jaala.pulford@parliament.vic.gov.au, johan.scheffer@parliament.vic.gov.au, brian.tee@parliament.vic.gov.au, evan.thornley@parliament.vic.gov.au, evan.thornley@parliament.vic.gov.au, matthew.viney@parliament.vic.gov.au

Finally, here is my letter:

Dear Members of the Legislative Council,

I wish to convey my heartfelt thanks for your support of the decriminalisation of abortion. Especially those who voted for it despite having personal reservations, you are true representatives of the people.

Thank you for trusting me, and women like me with this decision.

Thank you for contribution to removing the legislation that would, in the wrong hands, be used to compromise our autonomy and bodily integrity.

A very warm thank you to all of you.

Kind regards,