Prime Minister Julia Gillard continued to reap negative feedback, following her comment on the issue of abortion allegedly made to spark a gender war against Tony Abbott.

In a launch of the Australian labor Party fundraising organisation, Women for Gillard, Ms. Gillard called out for a change in Australia's laws on abortion saying that "We don't want to live in an Australia where abortion again becomes the political plaything of men who think they know better."

People who heard the speech expected that Ms. Gillard will focus on goals and plans or suggestion to improve the Australian laws on abortion, but, instead she shifted her direction towards Opposition leader Tony Abbott's decision to wear pale blue ties.

"It's a decision about whether once again we will banish women's voices from the core of our nation's political life. I invite you to imagine it: a prime minister - a man with a blue tie who goes on holidays to be replaced by a man in a blue tie. A treasurer who delivers a budget wearing a blue tie, to be supported by a finance minister, another man in a blue tie. Women once again, banished from the centre of Australia's political life."

In an interview with ABC News breakfast, Deputy Opposition leader Julie Bishop said that MS. Gillard's ploy on gender war was "crude political ploy from a desperate PM leading a bitterly divided party."

Ms. Bishop said that the Opposition owes an apology from Ms. Gillard, "I find it offensive that she's raised it as a political issue and quite frankly she should apologise for raising false and offensive claims."

"She's clearly trying to distract attention from her own self-inflicted political woes. I think Australians deserve better than this from the top leadership in the country. We would expect a PM to seek to unite the country, not divide it through some false gender war."

Labor backbencher Stephen Jones was also singing the different tune. He was also shocked and dismayed by what Ms Gillard had resorted doing just to slam Mr Tony Abbott ( in futile attempt that is).

He told ABS News that "I'm not convinced of the wisdom of kicking this into a political debate. I think the 2013 election should be faced up around the big policy issues, as important as that one is."

He also said that it was typical of Ms Gillard to make the comment during a women-related activity.

Meanwhile, in an interview with The Australian, Labor's Ed Husic also expressed his disapproval about Ms Gillard's 'colored' comment on abortion. "I think that there are other issues that do have an impact, particularly in terms of healthcare or superannuation, that .... Legitimately would have an impact on women and should definitely be discussed in political arena. But I'm not sure about whether or not we talk about the issue of abortion."

Unfortunately, feminist group Destroy the Joint, which supported Ms Gillard in the past, was also disappointment about the comment. The group thought that the issue on abortion was desperately dragged in an attempt of Ms Gillard to win the election.

Jane Caro, founder of the Destroy the Joint said that "My heart sank. My feeling about it is that this is not the way to win an election. I don't think there's a party for women. And I'm not sure there ever should be a party for women. I think there should be a party for people who believe in social justice, who believe in fairness and who believes in equality. And I'm naïve enough to think that that's not gendered."

Sociologist Eva Cox also expressed her disapproval of Ms Gillard's comment, saying that "It looked as though she was trying to set this up, with references to blue ties and the abortion reference, as a sort of personality fight ... rather than what the whole thing should be about, which is good policy .... It's a bit difficult to stand up there and say to women you should vote for the Labor Party... women don't vote as bloc anyhow."