Here's How The Tassie Premier's Abortion Promise Was Exposed By A Former Staffer
She watched her ex-boss claim there was access to a procedure she had just flown interstate to have.
Posted on March 13, 2018
Gina Rushton
BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia
A former staffer to Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman spent weeks trying to access a termination before spending $4,500 to have the procedure interstate, a week after the premier promised his state that abortion was accessible.
Bianca* spoke to BuzzFeed News this week about how she spent thousands of dollars going from GP to hospital to private provider to try to access the procedure before ultimately catching a plane to Melbourne for the surgery.