It's time to lift the restrictions on medical abortion in Australia
by Caroline De Costa, The Conversation
April 1, 2019
Over the past thirteen years, many Australian women have used the drug mifepristone (RU486) to bring about a medical abortion.
Rather than undergoing a surgical abortion in a clinic or hospital operating theatre, a medical abortion is induced by taking drugs prescribed by a doctor.
continued: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-04-restrictions-medical-abortion-australia.html
This Chart Shows How Much Abortion Costs In Each State
Why are you being charged more than $700 to take $40 pills?
Posted on April 27, 2017
Gina Rushton
BuzzFeed News Reporter, Australia
And women in Victoria and South Australia can access free surgical abortions provided by a hospital, while women elsewhere can pay up to thousands of dollars for the same procedure.
Get your calculators out because it is time to do the maths and figure out why.
Continued at source: Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/this-is-how-much-abortion-costs-in-australia?
Over-the-phone abortion service safe and effective, review finds
Kate Aubusson
5 Apr 2017
An over-the-phone abortion service has been providing Australian women with a safe and effective way of terminating pregnancies, a preliminary review has found.
The Tabbot Foundation gave more than 1800 women access to medical abortions without the need for a face-to-face doctor consultation over 18 months.
Its founders say the service allows women to avoid the potential for stigma and judgment harboured by some healthcare professionals and anti-abortion protesters at family planning clinics.
Continued at source: Cowra Guardian: http://www.cowraguardian.com.au/story/4578615/over-the-phone-abortion-service-safe-and-effective-review-finds/?cs=7
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