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MSI Australia appoints a new Managing Director – Greg Johnson
MSI Australia is pleased to announce the appointment of Greg Johnson as its new Managing Director. MSI Australia is an independent, non-profit organisation dedicated to ensuring sexual and reproductive health services are accessible for all people – and is the...
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Our 2020 Impact Report: maintaining access while keeping our clients and team safe.
MEDIA RELEASE 22 April 2021 Today we have published a report sharing our impact during 2020. We started 2020 with a vision about how we would continue advancing our mission in Australia with a keen focus on delivering Your Choice, No Matter What. When the pandemic was...
Historic day for women as abortion officially decriminalised in South Australia
MEDIA RELEASE South Australia (SA) is the latest Australian jurisdiction to formally decriminalise abortion, after the state's upper house passed new laws on 3 March. The passing of the Termination of Pregnancy Bill came quickly after the lower house passed the...
South Australia moves towards decriminalisation of abortion
MEDIA RELEASE In the early hours of this morning, the House of Assembly passed the Termination of Pregnancy Bill (the Bill). It’s a historic move for South Australia- the Bill will remove provisions from the criminal code which mean women and pregnant people can still...
Reproductive coercion: hidden forces revisited
MEDIA STATEMENT 9AM AEDT WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER REPRODUCTIVE COERCION: HIDDEN FORCES REVISITED In acknowledgement of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which is today, MSI Australia has released the second edition of Hidden Forces: a...
Australia on track for national safe access to abortion care
MEDIA STATEMENT 10AM AWST/12.30PM ACDT FRIDAY 13 NOVEMBER AUSTRALIA ON TRACK FOR NATIONAL SAFE ACCESS TO ABORTION CARE This week has seen significant advances for safe access to healthcare in Australia. Safe access zones were legislated in South Australia on...
Big changes in a new strategy coming – the new team to see it through
MEDIA STATEMENT 10.00AM AEDT THURSDAY 12 NOVEMBER BIG CHANGES IN A NEW STRATEGY - THE NEW TEAM TO SEE IT THROUGH This year has been a challenge for so many organisations and people. At MSI Australia (MSA), we spent this time focused on two core objectives. Making...
Nurse-led models would increase access to abortion care
MEDIA STATEMENT Wednesday 4 November 2020 Advocates and legal experts have released a paper that necessitates the implementation of nurse-led models of abortion care in Australia. A shortage of trained providers presents a significant barrier to accessing abortion...
Australia’s national abortion care provider calls on South Australia to amend its proposed bill to decriminalise abortion.
MEDIA STATEMENT FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER Australia’s national abortion care provider calls on South Australia to amend its proposed bill to decriminalise abortion. Marie Stopes welcomes South Australia’s next step towards decriminalising abortion which will bring it more in...
Safe access zones a step closer in WA
MEDIA STATEMENT 1PM AWST WEDNESDAY 14 OCTOBER SAFE ACCESS ZONES A STEP CLOSER FOR WA The Western Australian Government has taken a step towards better protection of healthcare staff and patients accessing sexual and reproductive health services following the...