The state health minister said she “hoped” all doctors knew it was legal to terminate pregnancies in Queensland.
Some Queensland GPs are telling women that terminating a pregnancy is illegal in the state, despite laws making it legal since 2018.
“Rather than telling them this is what your rights are, and here are your pathways to these options, they are told a termination of a pregnancy is illegal,” she said.Australian Medical Association Queensland president Maria Boulton said she had not been told this was happening. “There certainly seemed to be some reports where women were reporting misinformation from doctors around the legality of [abortions] and where they could access it,” Dean said.Boulton said the AMAQ had been involved in high-level talks with Queensland Health as pregnancy options became an emerging issue.
She confirmed recent talks with Children by Choice and the AMAQ and said a plan to improve pregnancy services more broadly would be released before the end of the year. This was confirmed by MSI, which has contracts to terminate pregnancies with some of Queensland 15 Hospital and Health Services.
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