Abortion

A proposed shake-up of NSW abortion law would make it compulsory for most of the state's hospitals to offer the medical service.

A major recommendation to improve access to medical terminations looks unlikely to be fulfilled, with the health minister all but ruling out additional funding.

NSW Health says the government should consider changing legislation so nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives can prescribe medicine for early terminations. 

When Bea had an abortion, it came with a rollercoaster of emotions. Now, she's part of a team helping make sure no-one feels alone.

For more than a decade, women walking into the abortion clinic in Queanbeyan have been greeted by Annie Collins, but the manager of Gynaecology Centres Australia's Queanbeyan clinic fears her days supporting women through surgical abortions could be numbered.

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As well as taking their complaint to ICAC, doctors outraged by the abortion ban imposed at Orange Hospital have called for executives who decided to restrict the service to be sacked.

A group of doctors outraged by last year's abortion ban at Orange hospital in regional NSW say they have lodged a complaint with the state's corruption watchdog.

No issue proved more of a headache for David Crisafulli on the election campaign trail than abortion, writes Jack McKay. 

Family Planning Australia has analysed data on medical terminations across NSW, highlighting how access to abortion remains a postcode lottery.

Abortion dominated debate in the October state election, with the Labor party claiming the LNP would restrict a woman's right to choose.

The New South Wales Health Secretary offers an apology to women who have been affected by recent abortion bans, adding that she has written to hospital executives across the state reminding them of their responsibilities.

The NSW Health Secretary Susan Pearce has apologised over instances of limited access to abortion care in the state.

The head of a NSW health service says he believes a policy that was "silent on things" relating to abortion services led to a ban at Orange Hospital.

Two new clinics providing abortion services are set to be established in Queanbeyan and NSW's south coast. It comes after an ABC investigation exposed that Queanbeyan Hospital had ceased providing surgical terminations.

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Health Minister Mark Butler has confirmed Labor will not revisit a scrapped policy that linked federal funding to abortion services as major parties move to avoid an election debate on the issue.  

Labor has ruled out revisiting a scrapped policy from 2019 that would have linked federal funding for public hospitals to the provision of abortion services, saying it's an issue for the states and territories. 

The ABC has uncovered evidence another regional New South Wales public hospital has formally stopped providing surgical abortions.

An email obtained by the ABC confirms Queanbeyan Hospital has stopped providing surgical terminations for fetal anomalies and medical reasons, restricting access to a legal and time-critical form of reproductive health care.