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.

Continued: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/nsw-health-system-not-capable-of-providing-abortions-at-all-public-hospitals-advocates-say