Public hospital systems would need to provide abortion services to qualify for federal funding under a wide-ranging new Labor plan | CanberraCamper
Public hospital systems would need to provide abortion services to qualify for federal funding under a wide-ranging new Labor plan, which will also look at improving access to some contraceptives.
Labor's spokesperson for women, Tanya Plibersek, will release a national strategy for women's reproductive health on Wednesday."Women have been turned away from public hospitals for termination services and have not been able to access or afford to go to a private clinic," Ms Plibersek said."Choosing to terminate a pregnancy is difficult enough.
"Provision [of terminations] in hospitals in quite sporadic," Marie Stopes acting chief executive Jamal Hakim said.
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