Australia’s hidden abortion roadblock

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Reporter Sophie Black explores how a doctor’s right to refuse abortion is weighed against a woman’s right to healthcare

Unlike most other medical procedures, abortion services come with an unusual caveat: doctors can refuse to provide them on religious or moral grounds.

According to reproductive healthcare advocates, this is compounding longstanding access issues, with at least five women in one metropolitan area of Queensland having to continue unwanted pregnancies in recent months.explores how a doctor’s right to refuse abortion on religious or moral grounds is weighed against a woman’s right to healthcare in Australia.

 

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Peter15930204 lauramoates sophblack Oz is fascist, like US UK etc. All MPs/influencers silent as children in 'childcare'/ refugees disabled are fodder for billionaires' impact markets & Ai/robotics industry. 'Smart cities':

lauramoates sophblack What I find funny is people want right to choose on this yet but they don’t want people to have the right to choose whether they get a jab before it’s even fully approved and when studies into safety are not completed like dangers to children conceived by double dosed parents

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