By national regional affairs reporter Lucy Barbour and Lucy Sweeney
May 31, 2025
Every week, Australians seeking a legal form of health care are forced to traverse their home states and territories — sometimes crossing borders — to access an abortion.
Depending on where someone lives, and how far into the pregnancy they are, the path to this time-critical procedure can be obstructed by hurdles that amplify fear, trauma and financial disadvantage.
Western Australia is looking to amend its abortion laws and women like Megan, who have had to navigate them, say it's about time.
11 December 2022
By Aleisha Orr
Megan Garnett terminated a pregnancy back in 2018 and Western Australian laws only added to the trauma she experienced.
She hopes the state’s abortion laws will be changed so other women do not have to go through the additional stress and grief she went through.Bonney Corbin is Head of Policy at MSI Australia
By Frances Vinall
July 7, 2022
SYDNEY — Access to abortion became easier in Australia on Thursday as decriminalization took effect in South Australia state, part of a wave of liberalization that contrasts with recent moves in the United States.
For the most part, abortion is not the subject of polarizing national debate Down Under, as it often is in American politics. But the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade shocked many Australians, leading thousands to attend rallies in support of abortion rights.
Unlocked: https://wapo.st/3uyBtaj
(https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/07/07/australia-abortion-law-roe-v-wade/)
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