Labor women’s caucus chair, Sharon Claydon said calls for Medicare to fully cover the cost of terminations were “worthy of looking at”. | Dana_Adele
Labor women’s caucus chair, Sharon Claydon, has vowed to work across party lines to ensure all women can access safe and affordable abortions.
The fee for a surgical abortion starts at $620 and can be as high as $8000 for those without a Medicare card or in cases of late-stage pregnancy. Claydon, whose electorate of Newcastle lost its main private abortion clinic in August after MSI Australia closed regional and rural sites across NSW and Queensland, said the
WA is the only state in Australia where abortion remains under the criminal code and terminations after 20 weeks must be approved by an “ethics panel” consisting of six medical practitioners, which has led many women to travel interstate to have the procedure carried out safely. Claydon said there was an important body of work to be done with the states and territories, who had the jurisdiction to regulate terminations and provide wraparound health services.
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