Add to ORKGAround one-quarter of Australian women will have an abortion during their lifetime but access is affected by the way health care providers interpret the law about abortion. In Queensland and New South Wales abortion is a criminal offence although it is defensible in certain circumstances. Drawing on interviews with 22 doctors who provide abortion services to women in New South Wales and Queensland, this article examines doctors' responses to two common scenarios in which women may request an abortion. The two scenarios discussed in this article are a request for a first trimester abortion in circumstances where the woman does not feel ready to have a baby; and a request for abortion in the second trimester where the fetus has been diagnosed...
Sections 81, 82 and 82A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) were closely modelled on sim...
INTRODUCTION: In Victoria, Australia, abortion was decriminalised in October 2008, bringing the law ...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate community attitudes to abortion, including views on whether doctors should...
Around one-quarter of Australian women will have an abortion during their lifetime but access is aff...
Objectives: To explore the knowledge of state abortion law of doctors providing abortion in New Sout...
Background Induced abortions after 20 weeks' gestation comprise around one per cent of all termin...
BACKGROUND: In Victoria, Australia, the law regulating abortion was reformed in 2008, and a clause (...
[Extract] Recent developments regarding abortion law in NSW and Queensland carry significant implica...
This article considers the legislative framework governing abortion in New South Wales and argues th...
This article reviews the current legal status of abortion in Australia and its implications. Austral...
BACKGROUND: Depending on availability, many Australian women seeking an abortion will be faced with ...
Introduction: Nine different sets of laws govern abortion in Australia, and the criteria for an abor...
Abortion law in Australia varies between States and Territories and many of the laws are outdated, c...
The provision of medical abortion has been the subject of considerable political controversy in Aust...
Australian criminal law is a matter for states and territories. In relation to abortion, many laws a...
Sections 81, 82 and 82A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) were closely modelled on sim...
INTRODUCTION: In Victoria, Australia, abortion was decriminalised in October 2008, bringing the law ...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate community attitudes to abortion, including views on whether doctors should...
Around one-quarter of Australian women will have an abortion during their lifetime but access is aff...
Objectives: To explore the knowledge of state abortion law of doctors providing abortion in New Sout...
Background Induced abortions after 20 weeks' gestation comprise around one per cent of all termin...
BACKGROUND: In Victoria, Australia, the law regulating abortion was reformed in 2008, and a clause (...
[Extract] Recent developments regarding abortion law in NSW and Queensland carry significant implica...
This article considers the legislative framework governing abortion in New South Wales and argues th...
This article reviews the current legal status of abortion in Australia and its implications. Austral...
BACKGROUND: Depending on availability, many Australian women seeking an abortion will be faced with ...
Introduction: Nine different sets of laws govern abortion in Australia, and the criteria for an abor...
Abortion law in Australia varies between States and Territories and many of the laws are outdated, c...
The provision of medical abortion has been the subject of considerable political controversy in Aust...
Australian criminal law is a matter for states and territories. In relation to abortion, many laws a...
Sections 81, 82 and 82A of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA) were closely modelled on sim...
INTRODUCTION: In Victoria, Australia, abortion was decriminalised in October 2008, bringing the law ...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate community attitudes to abortion, including views on whether doctors should...