By Rachel Eddie
August 6, 2023
Hundreds of women in rural and regional Victoria have no access to surgical and medical terminations close to where they live, forcing some to travel for hours to get an abortion.
Red tape to prescribe the abortion pill will be removed from this month, but reproductive healthcare providers say the change will not end the “postcode lottery” many women are faced with.
Danielle Mazza
Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 496-498. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.51979
19 June 2023
There is much to be done to make high quality, accessible medical abortion a reality in Australia
The overturning of Roe v Wade in the United States has renewed impetus in Australia to ensure the availability of high quality, accessible abortion services. But decriminalisation and the availability of medical abortion do not in and of themselves mandate service delivery or ensure access. Numerous barriers continue to exist. These include issues such as inconsistent abortion laws, over‐regulation, lack of regional level planning and accountability for service delivery, sparse and inconsistent services across the country, inadequate numbers of skilled providers, a lack of training opportunities for the current and future workforce, and consumer concerns such as high costs and difficulty navigating services.
Lucky we Victorian women already had this sorted ... right?
By Miki Perkins
10 June 2018
What a fierce lot these Irish women are. It was stirring to see them stride through airports, suitcases in tow, flocking home to vote.
And what a relief to see their country shrug off the weight of history and vote decisively for women’s reproductive rights.
Whew, lucky we Victorian women already had this sorted, right?
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