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First public hearings for the Inquiry into universal access to reproductive healthcare begin
The first public hearings for the Federal Senate Inquiry into universal access for reproductive healthcare begin this afternoon in Lismore. Abortion access in Australia is a postcode lottery with women and pregnant people forced to travel long distances and pay...
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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...
MSI Australia releases groundbreaking Australian Abortion Access Scorecard
In the wake of the Supreme Court in America overturning Roe v Wade, MSI Australia (formerly Marie Stopes Australia) has today released a state of play of the current laws in every state and territory in Australia. While abortion has been partly decriminalised...
South Australians will have access to a new method of abortion care
For the first time in history, Australia will have a national teleabortion service. Yesterday, it was announced that South Australia passed new regulations for the Termination of Pregnancy Act (SA) 2021. The new law will take effect on 7 July 2022. It will also mean...
MSI Australia acknowledges National Sorry Day and calls for action
26 May 2022: MSI Australia (formerly Marie Stopes Australia) has today acknowledged National Sorry Day, and called for the recommendations of the Bringing Them Home Report to be implemented. Today marks 25 years since the Bringing Them Home Report was handed down and...
MSI Australia statement on Roe v. Wade and abortion care access in Australia
MSI Australia (formerly Marie Stopes Australia) stands in solidarity with the women’s march taking place across the USA on Saturday 14 May and abortion providers who are facing unruly legal attacks on abortion care and access. Leaked papers have revealed that Roe vs...