‘Some doctors think their job is to talk women out of having an abortion’
Dr Alison Creagh, who provides terminations in WA, says archaic laws in the state are causing emotional harm.
It has been three months since the US overturned Roe v Wade, prompting 12 states to issue blanket bans on abortion, with no exceptions for incest or rape.
And just to be clear this is a blanket ban — not simply for terminations after, say, 12 weeks.
In Australia, there is a push in the opposite direction: to get a national agreement that harmonises abortion laws in all states and territories and ensure equal access for all women no matter where they live.
This week in federal Parliament, newly elected independent MP Kate Chaney called on health ministers to agree for the sake of women in her home state of WA where doctors can still face criminal sanctions.
