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Queensland women considered or tried to perform abortions on themselves, data shows
Children by Choice says 119 women considered or took radical step in past five years

Ben Smee
Sun 9 Sep 2018

More than 100 women in Queensland considered or attempted to conduct abortions on themselves in the past five years, according to data from a pro-choice counselling service that will be reviewed by a state parliamentary committee inquiry on Monday.

Queensland has proposed new laws to decriminalise abortion but it remains an offence for both doctors and women, under laws passed in 1899 and largely unchanged since.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/queensland-women-considered-or-tried-to-perform-abortions-on-themselves-data-shows

We Spent The Day With Pro-Choice Pregnancy Counsellors In A State Where Abortion Is Still A Crime

“These are women who are fleeing domestic violence, these are women who are suicidal.”
posted on Mar. 17, 2017, at 5:56 p.m.

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“She was with the guy for a month, but noticed the red flags for domestic violence… he was throwing things and getting controlling so she ended the relationship, which is really good.”

It is 9am and the phones are ringing at Queensland’s only standalone pro-choice counselling service for pregnant women, Children by Choice.

Continued at source: Buzzfeed: https://www.buzzfeed.com/ginarushton/we-spent-the-day-with-pro-choice-pregnancy-counsellors?utm_term=.lo0gXwaynb#.nuLX8zrV5G