ABORTION IS HEALTH CARE
In NSW, it's been five years since abortion was removed from the Crimes Act and regulated as health care, as it should be.
It was a critical first step to ensuring safe and legal abortion is accessible across NSW. But since then, far too little has changed.
People who need an abortion are still impeded by cost, stigma, and geography. As a former prescriber of medical abortion I know all too well that this is medically very straightforward health care.
So many people fought for safe and legal access to abortion in NSW for so many years - but the United States is showing us how quickly that work can be undone. The best way to safeguard our hard work is to embed abortion within mainstream public health services.
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What needs to change?
Legislation in NSW needs updating so that:
- Abortion services are provided across the state within a reasonable distance of residents’ homes, and information on how to access abortion is publicly available
- Nurses and midwives with appropriate training can prescribe medical abortions like they already do safely in Queensland and the ACT
- Onerous and bureaucratic mandatory reporting requirements, which don’t exist in legislation for other similar medical procedures, can be removed
- Health professionals with a conscientious objection are required to refer patients on to someone who can provide abortion, as is currently the case in Victoria.
My bill will make these changes to the current legislation. To learn more about, or be involved with my bill, leave your details here, or, send me an email at [email protected].
The Greens will keep fighting until abortion is safe, legal, and free, in every corner of NSW
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