MSI Australia welcomes the release of the Queensland Law Reform Commission report that recommends removing abortion from the State’s Criminal Code. CEO of MSI Australia, Michelle Thompson, said the announcement today by the Queensland Labor Government to support the...
Today is International Women’s Day and in 2018 the focus is on #PressForProgress At MSI Australia we don’t just want to provide services to women, we also support and are passionate about them. The services we provide are important because of the opportunities they...
Sarah is pregnant. She didn’t expect this. She was on the pill, but she must have forgotten a day. She doesn’t want to tell her partner. They aren’t serious and she knows from the way he avoids her 3 year old that he’s not exactly keen to be a dad. She has the...
We are looking for ‘brave philanthropists’ to support our $3 million Choice Fund for Australians who are struggling to afford abortion and contraception. We plan to use our tax-deductible gift recipient status to pay for pregnancy terminations and contraceptive...
Suzanne Hurley, a member of our counselling team, wants women to know this Mental Health Day that it is absolutely normal to feel a ‘‘minefield of emotions’’ when experiencing an unplanned pregnancy. For some women it is a straightforward decision to either continue...
I can't stand these people who stand at the corner and start yelling at you about what your views are on a very personal issue, just get out of my face, leave me alone I will make the decision up myself. These are powerful words. You’d be forgiven for thinking they...
Two years ago, I went through the difficult journey of an unplanned pregnancy and abortion. While I gained positive things from the experience, including a renewed focus about what I want to do with my career and life, it was both the most difficult and most...
Nationally accredited contraception and safe abortion provider, MSI Australia, has welcomed the implementation of the new termination of pregnancy laws in the Northern Territory that came into effect on 1 July. MSI Australia CEO said the new laws provide women in the...
Fear, anguish, guilt. It’s only a phone call but you can hear all of these emotions in Sarah’s* voice. Sarah has two young children. Her husband is a fly in, fly out worker on a remote mine site and they have just found out Sarah is pregnant. Sarah is raising two...
