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Investing in gender equity means investing in abortion care
MSI Australia, the nation's leading provider of abortion, contraception, and vasectomy services, today welcomed the Federal Government's allocation of funding for medicare reforms and gender equity incentives but expressed concerns for abortion care funding. Head of...
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Apology for forced medical procedures linked to colonisation and racism in Australia
MSI Australia today apologised to First Nations peoples subjected to forced contraception, abortion and sterilisation related to institutional and systemic racism in Australia since invasion. Sexual and reproductive healthcare providers have been in Australia since...
MSI Australia calls for a national approach to increase access to abortion care
Ahead of the Ministers for Women meeting in Adelaide today (Friday 22 July), the only national abortion, contraception and vasectomy provider MSI Australia is calling for a national approach to abortion care. Across Australia, people seeking abortions continue to face...
MSI Australia rallies for bodily autonomy and abortion rights
MSI Australia will show up across the country this weekend to attend rallies to stand in solidarity with women and pregnant people in USA, and to highlight that there is still much more work to do for abortion access in Australia. In the week since Roe v Wade was...
MSI Australia releases groundbreaking Australian Abortion Access Scorecard
In the wake of the Supreme Court in America overturning Roe v Wade, MSI Australia has today released a state of play of the current laws in every state and territory in Australia. While abortion has been partly decriminalised throughout the country, there are...
South Australians will have access to a new method of abortion care
For the first time in history, Australia will have a national teleabortion service. Yesterday, it was announced that South Australia passed new regulations for the Termination of Pregnancy Act (SA) 2021. The new law will take effect on 7 July 2022. It will also mean...
MSI Australia acknowledges National Sorry Day and calls for action
26 May 2022: MSI Australia has today acknowledged National Sorry Day, and called for the recommendations of the Bringing Them Home Report to be implemented. Today marks 25 years since the Bringing Them Home Report was handed down and tabled in the Australian...
MSI Australia statement on Roe v. Wade and abortion care access in Australia
MSI Australia stands in solidarity with the women’s march taking place across the USA on Saturday 14 May and abortion providers who are facing unruly legal attacks on abortion care and access. Leaked papers have revealed that Roe vs Wade could be overturned in coming...
Abortion reforms passed in the Northern Territory
The Northern Territory parliament has unanimously passed important abortion law reforms which will increase access and equity for women and pregnant people in the territory. NT Health Minister Natasha Fyles introduced amendments to the Termination of Pregnancy Law...
MSI Australia cautions NSW parliament against proposed laws that could restrict abortion access
MSI Australia is calling on NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet to stand by a commitment made during his first week in the top job to avoid any changes to abortion related laws. Last week the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Loss of Foetus) Bill 2021 was brought to the NSW...