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At the moment, there is a patchwork of service provision, with some women turned away from public hospitals when they need to end a pregnancy and then not being able to access or afford to go to a private clinic, or having to travel hundreds of kilometres for care."Forcing a woman to travel long distances or interstate to access surgical services can dramatically increase the emotional and financial burden.
At the moment, only about 1500 of Australia's 35,000 GPs are registered to prescribe the drug and it costs women about $600 for the appointments and tests needed, Labor says. It would also make sure cost isn't behind the slow uptake in Australia of long-acting removable contraceptives such as Implanon or interuterine devices .
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