Australia – Slow, expensive and complicated. Regional SA women forced to travel to Adelaide for abortion care – new research

June 16, 2026

New research by The Australia Institute reveals South Australians living in rural and regional areas face poor access to abortion services, with just 2.7% of abortions conducted in country health facilities.

Few medical issues are as time sensitive as abortion. Delayed access to abortion services can be the difference between taking a pill or requiring surgery, especially for those living in regional South Australia.

The research also shows that fewer than 1% of abortions carried out in SA would be impacted by proposed new restrictions.

Continued: https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/slow-expensive-and-complicated-regional-sa-women-forced-to-travel-to-adelaide-for-abortion-care-new-research/

16.06.2026

Research

Ebony Bennett

The Australia Institute

travelling for abortion

Australia – One Nation needs to be fought, not just analysed

It’s one thing to talk about resisting the far right. But what does it mean in practice?

June 14, 2026

Australian politics is at a turning point. One Nation’s polling numbers have gone from disturbing to disastrous in just a few months. The party is now a serious electoral challenger, and its leaders are moving quickly to build a serious far-right movement. Across the country, it is establishing branches, recruiting wealthy backers and attracting support from every corner of the right, from disaffected Liberals and Nationals to neo-Nazis.

In November, Pauline Hanson visited US President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Trump is unpopular in Australia, even among those considering voting for One Nation. But the visit signalled that One Nation is the official Australian section of the global far-right revival, the political kin of its most influential leader and every bit as prepared to smash the left, migrants and workers.

Continued: https://redflag.org.au/article/one-nation-needs-to-be-fought-not-just-analysed/

14.06.2026

One Nation’s anti‑abortion turn shows MAGA’s creeping power in Australia

June 14, 2026
Prudence Flowers

Earlier this month, One Nation’s Barnaby Joyce addressed a rally on the steps of New South Wales parliament. In emotive terms, he praised an anti-abortion bill about sex-selective abortion, legislation opposed by health experts.

Joyce’s speech is notable as a cut and paste of US culture war strategies, and for what it reveals about One Nation’s evolving, populist far-right agenda.

Continued: https://theconversation.com/one-nations-anti-abortion-turn-shows-magas-creeping-power-in-australia-284545

14.06.2026

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Australia

Activism

Anti-choice

Australia – Fear and ignorance should not drive abortion debate

By Aslan Shand
June 12, 2026

I did not think I would need to defend the right to safe abortions again. Abortion is no longer a criminal offence in Australia. There are well-reasoned and effective legal structures around abortions based on healthcare and women’s choice. It is broadly accepted that if you’re pregnant, it’s your decision to have children, or not.

But it appears that is not the case with extremists now proposing a range of ways to reduce women’s choices regarding their lives and reproduction. The overturning of Roe v Wade in the US has continued to embolden anti-abortion activists who are attempting to reduce women’s choices by introducing legislation in several Australian states that lacks factual basis and curtails women’s rights to make their own decisions.

Continued: https://www.echo.net.au/2026/06/fear-and-ignorance-should-not-drive-abortion-debate/

12.06.2026

A shadowy overseas group is trying to influence Australian abortion policy. Who are CitizenGo and what do they want?

CitizenGo is hitching its wagon to Joanna Howe’s crusade, and the former Nationals MP George Christensen is on board

Tory Shepherd
Thu 11 Jun 2026

Among the hand-drawn signs warning of the “evil” of abortion at last week’s Sydney rally were some more professional placards. “The greatest liberty is the right to life,” the blue-and-white posters read, under a small logo for CitizenGo.

CitizenGo will not be a familiar name to many in Australia but in Europe it looms large in the anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ+ rights world. An offshoot of the ultra-conservative Spanish group HazteOír (Make Yourself Heard), it was founded in Spain in 2013 and claims to have 20 million members across 50 countries.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/12/a-shadowy-overseas-group-is-trying-to-influence-australian-abortion-policy-who-are-they-and-what-do-they-want-ntwnfb

Nationals MPs ‘targeted’ over NSW sex-selection abortion ban, MP claims

A Nationals MP targeted over a bill to ban sex-selection abortion has accused campaign organisers of being “politically mischievous”.

Nathan Schmidt
June 8, 2026

A Nationals MLC targeted over a bill to ban sex-selection abortion in NSW has accused campaign organisers of being “politically mischievous” amid a surge in support for One Nation, and that the Bill was a “dog whistle” for debate around “migration and differences of religion”.

Wes Fang took to social media over the weekend to call-out “misinformation” around Libertarian MLC John Ruddick’s abortion Law Reform Amendment (Sex Selection Prohibition) Bill 2025, which is expected to be debated during a conscience vote later this year.

Continued: https://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/politics/nationals-mps-targeted-over-nsw-sexselection-abortion-ban-mp-claims/news-story/0ef45ecf4c99b9b0bbfcc4e8fc50ecbd

08.06.2026

Law Reform Amendment (Sex Selection Prohibition) Bill 2025

One Nation party

sex-selection abortion

Whose choice is it? The unseen side of Australia’s abortion debate

Some pregnant people face harassment and bullying from family members pushing for termination.

6 June 2026
By Rachael Knowles

A political debate around abortion has fired up again in Australia, but some say the issue isn’t just about access – it's about autonomy.

Muktesh Chibber has dedicated her life to supporting migrant women.

The couple and family relationships psychotherapist and mediator, who provides culturally sensitive counselling, says pregnant migrant women face "enormous pressure" from spouses and extended family.

Continued: https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/migrant-women-unheard-in-abortion-debate/2iz4v0ynx

06.06.2026

Family Planning Australia

John Ruddick

Muktesh Chibber

Multicultural Centre for Women's Health

Anti-abortion fight evolves into ‘noxious brew’

By Kat Wong
June 5 2026

Anti-immigrant rhetoric is playing a growing role in the pro-life movement as conservative politicians attempt to revive their attacks on abortion rights.

The debate over reproductive healthcare has returned to the national spotlight after One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce spoke at an anti-abortion rally outside NSW Parliament as his party rides a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment to new polling highs.

While the anti-abortion movement has a long history in Australia, this latest push appears to have a new, racialised tilt.

Continued: https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9287146/anti-abortion-fight-evolves-into-noxious-brew/

05.06.2026

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sex-selective abortion

Australia – GPs urged to raise alarm on another abortion restriction bill

By Alyssa Talakovski
05 June 2026

A South Australian upper house MP plans to introduce her third bill in under two years to restrict late-term abortions, but local GPs have an advocacy plan of their own.

Upper House MP Sarah Game, formerly of One Nation, wants to ban abortions after 25 weeks unless necessary to save the mother’s life.

SA-based sexual health GP Dr Clare Keogh warned The Medical Republic the proposal may deter vulnerable patients from seeking care.

Continued; https://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/gps-urged-to-raise-alarm-on-another-abortion-restriction-bill/126296

05.06.2026

One Nation’s lurking attachment to the fringe anti-abortion movement sounds like the start of a horror movie

Australians who don’t want to find themselves victims should read the whole screenplay before accepting the part

Van Badham
Thu 4 Jun 2026

Australia’s right-wing populist One Nation party is enjoying a well-publicised poll bump, so it’s time to talk horror movies. We’ll employ our horror metaphor set before the monster has revealed itself, but as dark forces are growing more manipulative and insidious.

Not getting nearly enough play in the sensationalistic coverage around the conspicuously revived Pauline Hanson project is her party’s closeness to Australia’s fringe anti-abortion movement.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/04/one-nation-fringe-anti-abortion-movement-horror-ntwnfb

04.06.2026