Nowhere in Australia is there a requirement that a woman’s sexual partner be notified of a proposed abortion or to consent to the procedure. Abortion statistics have dived to 30-year lows but no-one seems to have told the medical fraternity.

Abortion has recently been decriminalised in some states and territories, with NSW parliament just passing the decriminalisation bill.

The 2003 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes (AuSSA) found that 81% of those surveyed believed a woman should have the right to choose whether or not she has an abortion. There are 800 abortions each week in NSW.

Induced Abortions in Western Australia, 2016–2018: Report of the WA Abortion Notification System (PDF 1MB) Abortion and fathers. Abortion is more common among women in their late thirties than those in their late teens.

Yes, it finally is! ANNUAL ABORTION STATISTICS.

The surprising figures come from info collected by family planning organisation Marie Stopes Australia. For more information, this article details abortion law in each State and Territory. Further information Public opinion. Navigating abortion law in Australia is no easy feat. Reliable opinion polling consistently shows that around 80% of Australian adults support a woman’s right to choose.

Based on available state-level data, approximately 876,000 abortions took place in the United States in 2018.; According to the Guttmacher Institute, an estimated 862,320 abortions took place in the United States in 2017—down from 926,240 in 2014. In Rockhampton, Queensland, a medical abortion costs $840 and a surgical abortion $765. Some online statistics I gathered: Australia’s abortion rate is high in comparison to other developed nations. “There is often this myth with abortion that it is young women ‘in crisis’ who access the services,” Dr Catriona Melville, senior medical officer for Marie Stopes Australia, tells Mamamia . The Department of Health, WA collects and reports data about induced abortions in WA as required under the WA Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1911..

The third category comprises the law of homicide.

[Field] In South Australia and the Northern Territory, the public health system provides the majority of elective abortions but these jurisdictions account for only a small percentage of the Australian population. Some states and territories have reformed or decriminalised abortion, while others continue to restrict women’s access to abortion.

The first category comprises laws that create the crime of 'unlawful abortion'. But in South Australia and the NT they are mostly free because provision is largely public.

There are 800 abortions each week in NSW.

Is abortion legal in Australia?