On Wednesday 9th May, while Australia continued to dissect what the 2018 Federal budget meant for each of us, US-based research and policy body, The Guttmacher Institute and one of the world’s leading medical journals, The Lancet, released a comprehensive report on...
Today is International Women’s Day and in 2018 the focus is on #PressForProgress At MSI Australia we don’t just want to provide services to women, we also support and are passionate about them. The services we provide are important because of the opportunities they...
Imagine going to work and being told by random strangers that you are going to hell. You have to push past people who tell you what you do is wrong, that you should be ashamed and that you’re doing the devil’s work. Your vehicle is regularly splashed by ‘holy water’...
MSI Australia will reopen its sexual and reproductive health clinic at Westmead in Sydney’s west this morning, paying homage to three prominent Australian women who have changed the face of reproductive rights in this country. “The MSI Australia Westmead Clinic has...
Sarah is pregnant. She didn’t expect this. She was on the pill, but she must have forgotten a day. She doesn’t want to tell her partner. They aren’t serious and she knows from the way he avoids her 3 year old that he’s not exactly keen to be a dad. She has the...
We are looking for ‘brave philanthropists’ to support our $3 million Choice Fund for Australians who are struggling to afford abortion and contraception. We plan to use our tax-deductible gift recipient status to pay for pregnancy terminations and contraceptive...
I can't stand these people who stand at the corner and start yelling at you about what your views are on a very personal issue, just get out of my face, leave me alone I will make the decision up myself. These are powerful words. You’d be forgiven for thinking they...
The Victorian Government’s announcement of the first two community health hubs is a signal to the rest of the country that sexual and reproductive health should be given greater priority in health care planning. MSI Australia Chief Executive Officer, Michelle...
Awareness of emergency contraception is high but only one in four women are accessing it when they need it, a recent study of Australian women shows. More than 500 Australian women between the ages of 15 and 45 who had not tried to get pregnant in the past 12 months...
