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Emma Boulton
Oct 24, 2022
Wall Street Journal Opinion: Joe Biden’s Big Abortion Promise
Journal Editorial Report: He makes abortion the No. 1 item for the next Congress, but beware the details. Image: Evan Vucci/Associated...
Emma Boulton
Sep 13, 2022
Abortion Bans are a Health Crisis - Kamala Harris
Civil rights and reproductive justice groups in the United States say that the Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade...
Emma Boulton
Sep 13, 2021
The Endless Battle Over Women's Bodies
Texas has just restricted a woman's ability to access an abortion despite Roe vs Wade.
Emma Boulton
Mar 4, 2021
'Historic day for women' as abortion officially decriminalised in SA
South Australia is the latest Australian jurisdiction to formally decriminalise abortion, after the state's upper house ticked off new...
Emma Boulton
Nov 12, 2020
Protesting outside SA abortion clinics has been outlawed as new laws pass Parliament
Protesting outside South Australian abortion clinics has been outlawed after new laws passed the Upper House in State Parliament late...
Emma Boulton
Sep 27, 2020
A Call to Action for Australian Women on this 2020 International Safe Abortion Day!
Dr Boulton asks for support in petitioning the federal government to keep access for all Australian women to teleabortion
AO Team
Sep 25, 2020
Please Sign Our Petition: Minister Hunt, Keep Telehealth Accessible!
Women across Australia have been denied access to Medicare funded telehealth if they dont meet certain strict criteria. This adds insult...
AO Team
Sep 25, 2020
What is Your Vision: The Future of Abortion Care in Australia - ZOOM EVENT: 7pm, 28 Sept
Gina Rushton will be chatting to health consumers with lived experience, abortion care providers, advocates, policymakers and you the...
AO Team
Sep 25, 2020
International Campaign for Women's Right to Safe Abortion - Safe Abortion Day 2020
The theme for International Safe Abortion Day, 28 September 2020 is “Self-Managed Abortion”... and we're of course 100% on board! The...
Emma Boulton
Sep 21, 2020
Early medical abortion: telehealth restrictions discriminatory
Telehealth restrictions introduced by the federal Dept of Health on 20 July discriminate against women seeking early medical abortion...
Emma Boulton
Sep 15, 2020
Women in regional NSW finding access to abortion tougher during coronavirus pandemic
When 23yr old Hayley* had an unplanned pregnancy, she discovered how difficult it can be for women in regional NSW to get an abortion
Emma Boulton
Sep 7, 2020
'Devastating': Rural Women are Struggling to Access Abortion Services During the Pandemic
The pandemic has reinforced existing barriers for rural and regional women when it comes to termination services. There are fears some...
Emma Boulton
Aug 24, 2020
Telehealth changes risk sexual and reproductive health delivery
In this article, Associate Professor Deborah Bateston, Medical Director of Family Planning NSW, discusses the issues surrounding the...
AO Team
Jul 21, 2020
Telehealth roll-backs are short-sighted and dangerous
This opinion piece by Dr Catriona Melville in the Sydney Morning Herald today is well worth the read... and we couldn't agree more!
Emma Boulton
Jul 17, 2020
Telehealth has improved abortion access for women around Australia. We can't let it lapse
A dearth of political leadership means abortion drugs remain inaccessible, unsafe and unaffordable for many women. "Until there is a...
Emma Boulton
Jul 15, 2020
To what extent have abortion services not been available since the Covid-19 pandemic began, & why?
Answering this question has been the subject of much attention in the media since the Covid-19 pandemic began...
Emma Boulton
Jul 8, 2020
The government has improved abortion access during the pandemic. We're fighting to keep it that way!
To help women safely access abortion services via telehealth, the government needs to do nothing!
Emma Boulton
Jun 2, 2020
The fight for reproductive rights isn’t over in Australia until there’s equity in access
Abortion may be disappearing from criminal codes across Australia, but a lack of access to providers means the fight is far from over....
Emma Boulton
May 12, 2020
Getting an abortion just got harder, thanks to the coronavirus. Here’s what we can do better
The COVID-19 crisis has revealed the patchy and precarious provision of abortion in Australia, deepening existing inequalities in access.
Emma Boulton
Jan 15, 2020
Majority feel having an abortion was the right decision: Research
A new large-scale study on women’s feelings following a termination, which found that most experience relief, not regret, five years on
Emma Boulton
Dec 5, 2019
Early medical abortion is legal across Australia but rural women often don’t have access to it
Around one in six Australian women have had an abortion by their mid-30s, but many have difficulties accessing services
Emma Boulton
Oct 21, 2019
Abortion Online Launched Australia-wide
A new national tele-Abortion service has just been launched at www.abortiononline.com.au to answer the abortion access gap in Australia.
Emma Boulton
Oct 15, 2019
Stopping the shame and exploding the myths around abortion
Data from Marie Stopes Australia, and confirmed by our own experience, shows that women in their late 20s and 30s are far more likely to...
Emma Boulton
Oct 15, 2019
Abortion is a common experience for Australian women, though it is rarely an easy decision
According to recent research published in the Australia & New Zealand Journal of Public Health, around one in six women, from all walks...
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