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Senate inquiry report into reproductive healthcare requires prompt implementation
MSI Australia, the only national non-profit provider of abortion, contraception and vasectomy care, has welcomed the landmark Senate inquiry report on universal access to reproductive healthcare and called for the bipartisan recommendations to be implemented as an...
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Managing Director of MSI Australia set to move on following a decade of reform
The Managing Director of MSI Australia, the country’s largest non-profit sexual and reproductive healthcare provider, is set to move on after successfully driving almost a decade of organisational and public policy reform. Jamal Hakim joined MSI Australia as the Chief...
Google bans abortion ads in Australia
As Australia enters the festive season, Google has enforced a blanket ban of medical abortion ads across the country. MSI Australia receives more than 160,000 calls each year, with 3 in 4 seeking health information and support. MSI Australia Managing Director Jamal...
WA commits to abortion law reform consultation
The Western Australian Government has released an abortion law reform discussion paper for community consultation. Western Australia has the most archaic laws in the country, with women and pregnant people forced to fly interstate to access critical care. MSI...
Event | The Road to Abortion Equity: How the Federal Senate Inquiry will shape universal access in Australia
The Federal Senate has established an Inquiry into universal access to reproductive healthcare. MSI Australia is hosting an online forum on Wednesday November 9 at 4pm AEDT on what the inquiry terms mean, how it applies in practice and how to make a submission in line...
Abortion inequities highlighted at the Inquiry hearing into abortion and reproductive choice in the ACT
MSI Australia appeared at the first and only public hearing into abortion and reproductive choice in the ACT today. Since the inquiry opened, the ACT Government has announced that they will be the first jurisdiction to provide free abortion access to all women and...
National senate inquiry to investigate abortion access inequities
Abortion access inequities need to be addressed at a national level. While abortion has been partly decriminalised throughout the country, access remains a postcode lottery. MSI Australia Managing Director Jamal Hakim said he welcomed a national senate inquiry into...
MSI Australia celebrates abortion access wins
State and territory governments across the country have committed to action for abortion access since Roe v Wade. The ACT has announced free abortion access for all from mid-2023, Western Australia has committed to take abortion out of the criminal code and Queensland...
MSI Australia publishes report on abortion access in the ACT
MSI Australia has released a report in relation to abortion access in the ACT, as part of an inquiry on abortion and contraceptive access. Since the inquiry opened, the ACT Government has announced that they will be the first jurisdiction to provide free abortion...
MSI Australia welcomes free access to abortions in the ACT
MSI Australia applauds ACT Government moves to become the first jurisdiction to provide free abortion access to all women and pregnant people, including those on temporary visas. Abortion and contraception are areas of healthcare that remain vastly under-funded...