Sarah Lagan, Chief Reporter
Mar 20, 2025

The head of a charity and a former senator have welcomed a Throne Speech pledge to remove abortion from the criminal code.

They agree that more is needed to improve access to and affordability of pregnancy termination.

Juanae Crockwell, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, who previously spoke out on the issue, and Arianna Hodgson, the former senator who pushed the issue of abortion to the fore in September in the Upper House, backed a commitment by the Progressive Labour Party to remove the requirements for a medical committee’s approval for terminations.

Continued: https://www.royalgazette.com/health/news/article/20250320/womens-advocates-call-for-better-access-to-abortion/