Reality: Between 1 in 3 and 1 in 4 women will require an abortion at some stage in their lives so abortion care, like many other sexual and reproductive health services should be available in the public hospital system.
The reality is that access to abortion care in Australia is predominantly through private and not-for-profit clinics, with the exceptions of South Australia and parts of Western Australia, where it is available via a hospital or hospital referral. When it comes to third trimester abortions, they are extremely rare and for exceptional medical reasons so the claim about ‘healthy babies of healthy mothers’ shows a clear misunderstanding of the conditions under which a third trimester termination would take place.