Every culture has them. Stories, slogans and words that help to explain the often difficult, complex and challenging aspects of the world we live in. Our language is peppered with imagined explanations—‘jumping the queue’, ‘she was asking for it’ or…
Abortion stigma: shame on you
Safe and legal access to abortion, like clean drinking water and poverty, is often thought about in ‘third world’ terms. Australia is, after all, the ‘lucky country’, with a not-perfect, but nevertheless top class public health system, right? As we…
Media Release: International seminar highlights invisibility of abortion as a federal election issue
Variation in abortion law among the states is not the only issue at stake for women in Australia. Today MCWH will host a visit by Dr Anu Kumar, Executive Vice-President of Ipas, a global nongovernment organisation dedicated to ending preventable…
RU486: where to from here?
The government’s decision to list mifepristone and misoprostol (RU486) on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) should be seen as victory in the battle for women’s right to choose. Women now have the option, during the seven weeks’ gestation period, of…