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Abortion is now legal across Australia – but it's still hard to access. Doctors are both the problem and the solution

  • Written by Barbara Baird, Associate Professor, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Flinders University
Abortion is now legal across Australia – but it's still hard to access. Doctors are both the problem and the solutionCedric Faunterloy/Pexels

Abortion is now fully legal in every jurisdiction in Australia. Western Australia became the last state to decriminalise it just two months ago, in September 2023. And the Australian population is solidly pro-choice: a 2021 study found 76% of Australians support access to abortion.

Yet access to abortion care here has been...

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