Australia – Women choosing abortions to keep work visas, slavery inquiry told

By Emily Doak and Jess Scully
ABC Riverina
June 19, 2025

An obstetrician has told a parliamentary inquiry that hundreds of migrant women seek abortions with her each year to avoid breaching their visa conditions.

Dr Trudi Beck, a GP  based in NSW Riverina city of Wagga Wagga, told the inquiry an "unseen population" of migrant women was seeking abortions they would not normally want.

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