Chris Brown told he will be refused a visa to Australia
A prominent US anti-abortion campaigner who wants doctors that perform the procedures to be executed has been denied a visa to Australia, where he was to conduct a speaking tour. 
Troy Newman responded to the decision on Facebook, saying his visa was revoked mid-flight and he was "pulled off a plane in Denver and told I could not travel to Los Angeles" and then on to Melbourne, where he was due to speak on Friday night.
Labor MP Terri Butler welcomed the decision, saying it "sends a strong message to those who would seek to cause discord in the community, and disrupt the ability of women to access lawful reproductive medicine".
"There is no place for this kind of hate speech in Australia - and I'm pleased the government has listened to our concerns," she said.
"Anyone who advocates the execution of doctors or compares women who seek terminations to murderers clearly fails the Australian community's character test."
Labor had written to Immigration Minister Peter Dutton asking him to cancel Mr Newman's visa. 
The letter cited excerpts from a book Mr Newman co-authored, which said women who have abortions are "guilty of murder" and doctors who perform the procedures should be executed "in order to expunge bloodguilt [sic] from the land and people".
The Right to Life Australia website says Mr Newman was due to speak in Melbourne, Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane and Cairns.
On Facebook, Mr Newman asked people to pray for him, saying he was "stuck in Denver airport like a man without a country".
He posted a video in which he confronts Denver airport staff after being told he cannot board a flight to Los Angeles. The staff tell him to contact the Australian embassy.
"Since when does the Australian embassy prevent me from travelling from Denver to LA?" he asks.
The female official asks him to stop recording the encounter, to which he replies "what are you afraid of? Tell me why I can't get on this plane right now to LA".
"Are you going to listen to the Australian government, or to the fact that I have a ticket?"
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