Science Issues Analysis : Abortion

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This website lists the current abortion laws in each state and territory of Australia. In South Australia abortion laws are contained within the Criminal Code.

Includes information about Public and Expert opinion on the legalisation of abortion.

Looks at the case of Tegan Leach and her partner who imported an abortion drug, Misoprostol, from the Ukraine and used it to terminate Leach’s eight-week pregnancy.

Newspaper article written on 16 November 2013 outlines the difficulties women may face in accessing information about the full range of legal treatments in Australia.

Discusses legislation passed in April 2013 which removes abortion from the criminal code in Tasmania and allows abortion up to 16 weeks if the woman provides her consent, and after 16 weeks if two doctors say it is medically, psychologically or socio-economically justified.