The Cook Government’s Abortion Legislation Reform Bill 2023 passed the WA Parliament last night [20 September 2023]. The new laws will finally see abortion treated like healthcare in law, including by:
allowing patients to decide whether to have an abortion up to 23 weeks gestation in consultation with their healthcare provider, after which two doctors would need to be involved in decision-making
requiring doctors with a conscientious objection to respect their patient’s right to healthcare
removing abortion from the state’s Criminal Code, together with harmful legal barriers to timely abortion care, such as mandatory counselling and needing multiple doctors’ approval
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