Abortion is legal if performed before 20 weeks gestation, with further limitations for women under 16. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Abortion and Subsequent Substance Abuse . In others, where abortion is severely restricted, women have been unable to travel to get treatment elsewhere.

Mifepristone was developed in France in the 1980s and was soon being used for medical abortion in many parts of the world. Women's Forum Australia: Women and abortion: an evidence based review . Health Act 1911, sections 334 and 335

BMC Medicine: The course of mental health after miscarriage and induced abortion: a longitudinal, five-year follow-up study.

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Continuing conversations about abortion and deprivation Anna Christensen Journal of Medical Ethics Apr 2020, 46 (4) 275-276; DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105908 Chequered history in Australia.

Abortion … A 2010 survey published in the Medical Journal of Australia found that 85% of practicing obstetricians and gynaecologists are not opposed to abortion, and 90% of these doctors agree that abortion should be available through the public health system in all states and territories . If you live in South Australia, legislation is being proposed in your state which will make abortion right up to birth, legal. Find out more and write to your SA MP >> In a high court case just last year, a woman named Kathy Clubb was found a criminal for offering help to women and life to their unborn child. In some European countries, hospitals have stopped performing abortions. In Western Australia, provisions relating to abortion are found in the Criminal Code and the Health Act.

(CNN)Abortion is common, safe, and the only criminalised listed medical procedure in Australia due to an archaic, flawed piece of legislation inherited from Victorian England.