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ACT politics: Wednesday 10 April

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Canberra GPs offer free abortions

Two GPs on Canberra’s northside and southside will offer free abortions for pregnancies up to nine weeks gestation.

Public hospitals should give abortions, committee says

A Senate inquiry found that contraception and sexual health care services are not equally available across Australia.

ACT provides free abortions in national first

The ACT has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to fund free abortions for all Canberra women. From today, MSI Australia’s Canberra clinic will provide free medical abortions up to nine weeks gestation...

Canberra Daily’s 2022 in review: June

Canberra Daily's June 2022 highlights include Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee, Caroline Kennedy was sworn in as US Ambassador to Canberra, CIT's contract scandal, and more.

1500 protestors rally in Canberra for abortion rights

Over a thousand Canberrans gathered in Garema Place on Saturday to protest the US Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v Wade, what had been considered the USA’s constitutional protection of abortion...

Abortion bans take effect in Texas, Ohio

The top courts in Texas and Ohio have allowed the Republican-led states to enforce restrictions and bans on terminating pregnancy after the US Supreme Court last week sparked global protests by overturning the nationwide constitutional right to abortion.

Thousands march across Australia after US abortion shift

The blow dealt by the US Supreme Court limiting access to safe abortions has shone a light on the situation in Australia as protesters take to the streets in Canberra and around the country solidarity.

Calls for more accessible abortion in Australia

After the constitutional right to an abortion was overturned in the United States, Australians are discussing how reproductive health is approached at home.

Abortion ruling step backwards for US: Sussan Ley

Deputy Liberal leader Sussan Ley says the US Supreme Court's ruling on abortion is a step backwards for the country.

Joe Biden condemns US court abortion ruling

A US Supreme Court decision to overturn landmark abortion legislation has sparked condemnation from President Joe Biden and protests across the United States.

Draft US abortion ruling sparks protests outside Supreme Court

Protesters on both sides of the US abortion debate have faced off with chants, prayers and signs outside the Supreme Court, hours after the leak of a draft opinion that would overturn the court's landmark 1973 Roe v Wade decision.

To the editor: Confused by apparent double standards

This letter writer is confused that those incensed by Scott Morrison saying he was lucky to have healthy children, are not incensed when unborn babies with a disability are aborted.

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