Additional funding for abortion access all but ruled out:
A major recommendation to improve access to medical terminations looks unlikely to be fulfilled ...
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Butler largely rules out additional federal abortion fundingA $573 million package strengthens contraception and menopause services but is unlikely to cover surgical abortion access.
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- The federal government has announced a $573 million women's health package featuring higher Medicare rebates for long-term contraception, a new menopause assessment rebate and two additional oral contraceptive pills on the PBS.
- A Senate inquiry's recommendation that every public hospital in Australia provide surgical pregnancy terminations is unlikely to be implemented through additional federal funding.
- Mark Butler ruled out reviving, before the election, an earlier Labor policy that would have linked state hospital funding to the provision of pregnancy terminations.
- Katy Gallagher said access to medical terminations through Medicare had tripled, while expert Danielle Mazza identified further needs in staffing, training and care pathways for surgical procedures.
At this point, I was considering walking myself into emergency services at the local hospital and threatening to undertake the procedure myself if no-one would help me,— Bianca, a woman who described her experience attempting to access abortion services in Australia.
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