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WA commits to abortion law reform consultation
The Western Australian Government has released an abortion law reform discussion paper for community consultation. Western Australia has the most archaic laws in the country, with women and pregnant people forced to fly interstate to access critical care. MSI...
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Event | The Road to Abortion Equity: How the Federal Senate Inquiry will shape universal access in Australia
The Federal Senate has established an Inquiry into universal access to reproductive healthcare. MSI Australia is hosting an online forum on Wednesday November 9 at 4pm AEDT on what the inquiry terms mean, how it applies in practice and how to make a submission in line...
Abortion inequities highlighted at the Inquiry hearing into abortion and reproductive choice in the ACT
MSI Australia appeared at the first and only public hearing into abortion and reproductive choice in the ACT today. Since the inquiry opened, the ACT Government has announced that they will be the first jurisdiction to provide free abortion access to all women and...
National senate inquiry to investigate abortion access inequities
Abortion access inequities need to be addressed at a national level. While abortion has been partly decriminalised throughout the country, access remains a postcode lottery. MSI Australia Managing Director Jamal Hakim said he welcomed a national senate inquiry into...
MSI Australia celebrates abortion access wins
State and territory governments across the country have committed to action for abortion access since Roe v Wade. The ACT has announced free abortion access for all from mid-2023, Western Australia has committed to take abortion out of the criminal code and Queensland...
MSI Australia publishes report on abortion access in the ACT
MSI Australia has released a report in relation to abortion access in the ACT, as part of an inquiry on abortion and contraceptive access. Since the inquiry opened, the ACT Government has announced that they will be the first jurisdiction to provide free abortion...
MSI Australia welcomes free access to abortions in the ACT
MSI Australia applauds ACT Government moves to become the first jurisdiction to provide free abortion access to all women and pregnant people, including those on temporary visas. Abortion and contraception are areas of healthcare that remain vastly under-funded...
Apology for forced medical procedures linked to colonisation and racism in Australia
MSI Australia today apologised to First Nations peoples subjected to forced contraception, abortion and sterilisation related to institutional and systemic racism in Australia since invasion. Sexual and reproductive healthcare providers have been in Australia since...
MSI Australia calls for a national approach to increase access to abortion care
Ahead of the Ministers for Women meeting in Adelaide today (Friday 22 July), the only national abortion, contraception and vasectomy provider MSI Australia (formerly Marie Stopes Australia) is calling for a national approach to abortion care. Across Australia, people...
MSI Australia rallies for bodily autonomy and abortion rights
MSI Australia (formerly Marie Stopes Australia) will show up across the country this weekend to attend rallies to stand in solidarity with women and pregnant people in USA, and to highlight that there is still much more work to do for abortion access in Australia. In...