December 22, 2024
Dr Romy Listo
"We can focus on recent election losses and the way they stigmatise our reproductive bodies and rights. Or we can focus on where the progress is happening, and choose ourselves to be part of the change," writes Dr Romy Listo.
It’s been a difficult few months to be a woman or gender diverse person watching elections being fought and lost on abortion rights.
Continued: https://missingperspectives.com/posts/why-we-should-feel-hopeful-about-our-reproductive-rights/
Reproductive choice charity says even if obligations to provide abortion services were enforced, too many doctors are untrained or unwilling to provide them
Melissa Davey, Medical editor
Fri 20 Dec 2024
Even if the New South Wales government were to order all public hospitals to fulfil their obligation to provide abortion, the state’s public health system would not be capable of doing so as too many doctors are untrained or opposed, a leading reproductive choice charity says.
The managing director of Marie Stopes International (MSI) Australia, Greg Johnson, said some abortion care could be provided by GPs and other health professionals in primary care settings, but a significant proportion was surgical and required day hospital admission.
17 December 2024
The Ministry of Health has published the Abortion Services Aotearoa New Zealand: Annual Report 2024. This provides a snapshot of abortion services for the 2023 calendar year. The findings within this report highlight continued improvements following both the 2020 law reform and the 2022 health reforms.
… Summary of key findings
Abortion numbers have increased by 14.9% compared to 2022 reporting. This is likely due to service access improvements such as telehealth and easier access to medicines through collection directly from pharmacies.
By Joe Taitano II, Pacific Daily News
Dec 16, 2024
The possible resurrection of Guam’s never-enforced 1990 abortion ban is still being argued in federal court, despite the U.S. Supreme Court declining to hear arguments in the case this past October.
Attorney General Doug Moylan wants a federal appeals court to lift the injunction on the old abortion ban, but Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero and a number of doctors that want abortions provided on Guam argue the matter should be thrown out.
Exclusive: All 15 health districts and the state’s health minister refuse to give public information on access to terminations
Melissa Davey, Nick Evershed and Donna Lu
Mon 16 Dec 2024
Just three of New South Wales’ 220 public hospitals are routinely providing abortions, according to research by the University of Sydney. The research, which maps lack of access to abortion in the state, also reveals that a majority of the state’s cities and towns are “abortion deserts”, meaning the nearest service is more than 160km away.
Abortion is basic healthcare that is legal in NSW. Despite the World Health Organization recommending that all public hospitals provide it, uncovering where it is offered, and under what circumstances, is difficult.
2024-12-12
The Victorian Greens are urging the Premier to work with them to enshrine abortion access into the constitution as the politicisation of abortion continues to grow across the country, ultimately having a perverse effect on ensuring people have access to this essential healthcare.
It comes as the Queensland Liberal government has passed an unprecedented motion to gag debate on abortion in the Parliament. This motion will prevent any debate on the issue including the expansion of services, something that many health providers in the state have called for.
Lucy Barbour and Lucy Sweeney
Wed 11 Dec, 2024
When Charlotte (not her real name) asked a doctor in the New South Wales southern highlands for a medical abortion, he ignored her request, gave her a blood test referral and ushered her out of the room.
The decision to terminate her third pregnancy was not one she had made lightly. Her youngest daughter was experiencing behavioural challenges and the entire family was struggling.
She had hoped the GP would provide a prescription for the abortion pills, known as MS-2 Step. Instead, she left with an overwhelming sense of shock and confusion.
Ambush motion, introduced by David Crisafulli, aimed at preventing potential public disunity in LNP ranks by ensuring MPs won’t be forced into a conscience vote
Andrew Messenger
Tue 10 Dec 2024
The Queensland parliament has been banned from debate on abortion for four years after an ambush motion by the premier, David Crisafulli, in a move labelled “unprecedented”.
The motion also requires any “motion or amendment” seeking to have the house “express its views” on abortion be ruled out of order. Opposition and crossbench MPs labelled the move “extraordinary” and “unprecedented”.
Jordan Baker
December 3, 2024
High-profile conservative Catholic lawyers have warned the Australian Catholic University it faces losing its religious designation if it fails to defend the faith as church leaders split with university bosses in the fallout from an anti-abortion speech on campus.
The warning follows a furious, six-page letter to ACU from Sydney Archbishop Anthony Fisher, who raised concerns about the ambivalence of the university’s commitment to its Catholic identity.
John O'Connor | The Guam Daily Post
Dec 2, 2024
Attorney General Douglas Moylan continues to argue that the injunction placed on Guam's old abortion ban should be vacated or, at the very least, that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should schedule further briefings on the matter.
The abortion ban has already been determined to be without effect by the Supreme Court of Guam. Moylan attempted to get that decision reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States but was rejected.
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