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Position Statement on Roe v Wade

ACCESS TO LEGAL, SAFE, TIMELY AND COMPASSIONATE ABORTION CARE IS ESSENTIAL HEALTHCARE AND WE NEED MEASURES TO PROTECT REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS

The following Australian organisations and individuals voice their support for reproductive rights and access to legal, safe, timely and compassionate abortion.

We believe that the US Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade and threatening access to legal abortion in the United States of America would be detrimental for millions of women, girls and anyone who may need to seek an abortion. Any action to go backwards in reproductive rights is against the global trend of making access to abortion easier and more secure.

Abortion is an essential aspect of reproductive healthcare and rights. Access to abortion has been determined by the United Nations Human Rights Committee, and others, to be a basic human right.

While all jurisdictions in Australia have laws providing for legal access to abortion, and safe access to clinics; barriers to abortion access in Australia remain and are based on how governments have implemented this healthcare within public health systems. Abortion is yet to be properly decriminalised in South Australia and Western Australia. We call on the SA and WA Governments to finally remove abortion from their criminal statute books.

Access to this vital health service should not depend on your postcode, class, race, gender or ability.

We call upon state, territory and federal government in Australia to embed this essential reproductive healthcare into our public health services, to ensure everyone who needs it can access compassionate and timely care.

Each person knows what the best choice is for themselves, for their health, their body and their future. They should be able to feel safe and in control of their bodies and be free to decide whether and when to have a child.

A person who needs to end their pregnancy shouldn’t have to travel hundreds of kilometres from home, or cross state borders or take on medical debt, to access the healthcare they need and is capable of being provided locally within public healthcare systems. Healthcare professionals should be able to practice in safe workplaces to provide their patients with the best care possible – without fear of criminal charges or concerns around public retribution.

We stand in solidarity with healthcare professionals who provide abortion care and every person who has accessed an abortion, or may need to in the future.

We support access to legal, safe, timely, compassionate healthcare and protections for reproductive rights in conjunction with supporting bodily autonomy and reproductive justice.

Signatories to Statement

Statement Partners

Organisations

Children by Choice
Human Rights Law Centre
Fair Agenda
Women with Disabilities Australia
ASHM
SPHERE
Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT (SHFPACT)
Mackay Women’s Services
Women’s Health and Equality Queensland
Women’s Health Victoria
The Centre for Women & Co
Respect Inc
Reproductive Choice Australia
Women’s Health Matters
Iris Education
National Foundation for Australian Women
WWILD Sexual Violence Prevention Association Inc
Micah Projects
Domestic Violence Action Centre
Queensland Sexual Assault Network
March4Justice
Australian Greens
Socialist Alliance
Marie Stopes Australia
Women for Australia
The Parenthood
Families Magazine
Doctors Reform Society
Our Bodies Our Choices
Women’s Electoral Lobby
Full Stop Australia
Women’s Community Shelters
Queensland Women’s Health Network Inc
Anti Poverty Centre
Team Trick
Across the Cloud
Immigrant Women’s Support Service
The Royal Women’s Hospital
SA Abortion Action Coalition
Health and Community Services Union
Society of Australian Sexologists
Ending Violence Against Women Queensland
The Abortion Project
Simonique Enterprise T/A Adult Bliss
Women’s Health NSW
Australian Women’s Health Network
Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing
Australian Womens Health Network
One Woman Project
Social Sector Community Connect
Australian Women’s Health Network
Women’s Health NSW
Simonique Enterprise T/A Adult Bliss
Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing
Australian Womens Health Network
Full Stop Australia
Doctors Against Violence Towards Women
Centre Against Domestic Abuse
End Rape on Campus Australia
SCRAPS Studios.
Australian Doula College
Megan Rodgers Psychologist
Heartland Health SA
Tutwork Productions
Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA)
School Strike 4 Climate
Folded Heart Studio
Inner Vision Consulting
Collective Caring
Flourish Therapy & Consulting
International Women’s Development Agency (IWDA)
YWCA Canberra
100 Women
Rainbow Inclusions
The Services Union
Health Consumers’ Council WA
Australian Association of Social Work
DV Connect
Family Planning NSW
SA Abortion Action Coalition
The Royal Women’s Hospital
Immigrant Women’s Support Service
Centre for Women’s Safety and Wellbeing
Australian Women’s Health Network
Full Stop Australia
Doctors Against Violence Towards Women
SHQ

Individuals

Professor Heather Douglas
Professor Caroline de Costa MBBS BA MPH PhD FRANZCOG FRCOG
Dr Fiona Mack
Dr Caroline Harvey MBBS (Hons) MPH MPM Grad Dip Sexology DRANZCOG FRACGP
Dr Kay Strom MBBS (Hons) FRACGP
Dr Lois Macfarlane MRCGP DRCOG DFRSH MRACGP – Brookside Medical Centre
Dr Melissa Brown – Thirroul Medical Practice
Dr. Lesley Barron, MD, MPhil, FRACS
Dr Judith Dean – RN, Midwife, BN, MPHTM, Centaur Fellow
Dr Aneesa Taylor FRACGP, MBBS, DCH
Associate Professor Melissa Kang MBBS MCH PhD
Dr Jessica Phillips-Yelland MBBS BSc DRANZCOG Adv DCH CACEM
Dr Amanda Cohn BA BMed MD CertEM MPH(Epi) MIPH FRACGP
Fiona MARTIN – RN/RM
Annette Hamilton – RN
Geraldine KIRK – RN/RM
Sarah THORNTON – EEN
Dr Catriona MELVILLE – Deputy Medical director at Marie Stopes Australia
Ashleigh LAWRENCE – RN
Dr Andrew HAIG
Kamila HEJRETOVA – RN
Jessica Barnes RN/RM
Talay Quinlan – Clinical nurse
Dr Vasudha Iyengar – FRANZCOG
Dr Merri Andrew
Dr Claire Rogers BSc MIH PhD (International Health)
Anasua Misha Datta, GP
Dr Meng Mei Phua FRACGP MBBS SCHP CWH
Emily Mayo – reproductive rights campaigner and coordinator of #ArrestUs
Associate Professor Barbara Baird – Co-Convenor SA Abortion Action Coalition (saaac). Women’s & Gender Studies, Flinders University
Associate Professor Suzanne Belton 2019 PHAA winner in Leadership and Advocacy for abortion service reform
Penny Sharpe MP
Sue Boyce, former Qld LNP senator
Adam Bandt MP
Senator Larissa Waters
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young
Senator Peter Whish-Wilson
Senator Janet Rice
Senator Dorinda Cox
Senator Lidia Thorpe
Senator Jordon Steele-John
Senator Nick McKim
Senator Mehreen Faruqi
Jenny Leong MP
Abigail Boyd MLC
Tamara Smith MP
Jamie Parker MP
Sue Higginson MLC-elect
Cate Faehrmann MLC
Tammy Franks MLC
Rob Simms MLC
Sarah Ratcliffe
Nancy Cramond
Ritamay Roberts
Dineli Kalansuriya
Dianne Miller
Brooke Sonter
Jennifer Gilchrist
Shaz Harrison-Williams
Megan McKenzie
Stephanie Chen
Sarah Burns
Anna Franklin
Ella Lee
Amora Lau
Dr Matthew Berryman
Chloe Berryman
Lizzy Porter
Simone Dejun
Emma Iwinska
Catharine Nederveen
Jaklene Vukasinovic
Ali Saoirse
Brooke Walket
Anita Dudley
Cassandra Beer
Katie Parks
Paul Thorn
Kerrie Gardner
Ash Baghursy
Katherine Benson
Marielle Turner
Lily McAuliffe
Donna Shay
Arwen Julian
Kamala Emanuel
Jessica Jenkins
Kirsten Munro
Krystal Player
Megan Hunt
Catherine Orr
Karen Shaw
Shelby Mahoney
Katie Bell
Katherine Hills-Vink
Lois Garner
Jo Bolger
Emma Matthews
Tash Howson
Kari Vallury
Celeste Thorn
Dr Kate Poland
Carly Watson
Beth Sorensen
Josephine Harte
Clare McDonald
Eva Akyol
Mia Symonds
Aneta Brewer
Kerrin Bradfield
Maeve Bridge
Natalie Knopke
Isabelle Ashford
Michael Berkman MP
Amy MacMahon
Dr Jacqueline Coombe
Kelsey McArthur
Paris Krajina
Tania Voon
Samantha Campbell
Alicia Remedios
Rebecca Kilvington
Polly Fletcher
Yolanda Lovie-Toon
Jessica Evans
Róisín McGee
Nicole Utley
Bridget Harris
Sidney Atkinson
Andrew Heap
Shannon Johnson
Marjory Vilaverde
Emily Laycock
Sarah Tuckfield
Jacqui McLellan
Carly Hanson
Rita Mattila
Claire Coveney
Janelle Hutt
Dr Helen Keleher
Jaime Mack
Alex Conlon
Renata Lucas
Madeline Price
Denele Crozier
Morgan Watson
Sharon Monteith
Monique Turmine
Kelly Ventress
Christina Michalakellis
Caterina Schulz
Megan Elias
Bonney Corbin
Laura Henschke
Danelle Dobinson
Pat Filmer-Sankey
Tina Helm
Cristina Cabrera-Ayers
Madeleine Spicer
Skye O’Halloran
Estefania Arteta Molina
Adele Murdolo
Luka Janes-Doherty
Christy Fischer
Carla Gorton
Desiree LaGrappe
Leonie Short
Nicola Sheeran
Anne O’Rourke
Melanie Dorrington
Sammy Cooper
Dr Chris Briggs
Mary Barram
Georgia Santomartino
Ange Hale
Amy Stokes
Katie Does
Anita Hutchison
Ellie W-B
Lesley Soo
Brooke Johnson
Lilia Criste
Fiona Star
Frances Crimmins
Lucy Conway
Alice Ridge
Sarah Rogers
Meaghanso O’Keefe
Aimee Harvey
Martine Liberman
Justine Malingrey
Em Golik
Chloe D
Ruby Murphy
Lynn Williams
Christine Lindahl
Janine Harrison
Nicola Wollington
Goldie Greenwald
Kirstie Shaw
Alissa Delia
Zoie Caporn
Jenine Surmon
Pip Ryan
April Hall
Frank Osz
Monica Lord
Sarah Lupton
Dawn Belton
Melissa Howie
Katrina Rushworth
Jo Eaton
Fiona Jensen
Gabrielle Fitzgerald
Carissa Cosenza
Eden McNamara
Jasmine Carpenter
Eliza Woolstencroft
Candice Jones
Olivia Watson
Kristi Ibbotson
Erin Clifford
Alyse Abbas
Madeline Trump
Angus Stead
R Merlino
Catherine Brophy
Krishnayanti Fry
Nadine Rowe
Aisling Kelly
Fotini Hardy
Louise Condello
Maria Valastro
Melanie Faber
Anneleis O’Loughlin
Connie Montagner
Brianna Nugent
Melinda Kennedy
Emma Lansky
Melissa Morello
Emma Kelly
Ellie-Rose Markovic
Imogen Millais
Megan Daley
Sharna Bremner
Amanda Horton-Hallett
Kat Baulch
Ky Tapp
Amanda Bendt
Bea Woolford
Jacinta Tkalcevic
Naomi Jones
Rebecca Kinsella
Natasha Bradshaw
Alexandria Simcock
Julie Fenn
Anna Trotta
Gabrielle Borggaard Nicholson
Alana Dimarco
Amanda Hall
Carla Hensel
Sandy Mawdsley
Cassie Crosby
Michelle van Zanden
Emma Streater
Christie Welsh
Renee Huntley
Gabrielle Hill
Trudi Richardson
Kerry Robinson
Maree Wade
Lisa Todd-Collins
Nicole Glasson
Vanessa Morn
Nissa Parsons
Jo White
Michelle Caruso
Tenille Sweeney
Josh Baikie
Abigail Perez
Claire Kellett
Emily West
Dea Clark
Claire Jennar
Chloe W
Tiffani Prasad
Emma Knowland
Montana Breust
Paavi Davidson
Clare Lyon
Rebecca Lewis
Georgia Munro
Bailey Chappel
Bronwyn Spencer
Darcy Witherdin
Sammi Carr
Bella McDonald
Georgia Verwey
Isobel Sherwood
Dea Clark
Giorgia Tavella
Sarah Cocks
Emma Nardi
Chelsea Evans
Sarah Palmer
Sonya Clyne
Claire Keenan
Kate English
Kate McDonald
Joanna Frazer
Gabrielle Matta
Cass Helwig
Roxanne Graf
Melissa Stallard
Charvel Learoyd
Lucy Kazda
Julia Saphia Grant
Tiarni Suhle
Chelsea Steele
Sophia Velasquez
Janine Peterson
Natarcha Jones
Peta Danvers
Elise Downing
Amy O’Toole
Lucas Blackman
Rachael Crouch
Katherine Robinson
Jessica Lawrence
Eloise Shepherd
Heather Champion
Emily Stevens
Candice Holdsworth
Casey Duffield
Lia Hiron
Arabella Pahl
Madison Hare
Rose Dooley
Janine Peterson
Stella Robinson Stella
Tinna Tomasson
Paige LeCornu
Nirvana Shah
Tasmia Ahmed
Ana Pike
Heidi La Paglia
Bronte Jackson
Olivia Haysman
Kirsten Kane-Lewis
Natasha Green
Hana Jacob
Amy Hourigan
Dale Galliford
Jessie Lee Taylor
Alex Carroll
Jasmine Davis
Irene Parker
Shannon Piper
Tayla Ayliffe
Kit Gow
Imogen Senior
Madeleine Kerr
Sinead Lewis
Leith Henry
Renee Wootton
Rebecca Seal
Lucas Pahl
Rochelle Lindquist
Moss Logue
Sarah Thomson
Annabel Bramley
Leah Magnisallis
Matisse Antonelli
Lucy Warren
Holly Whitehouse
Brittiney Kobayashi
Claire Bryce
Keegan Bringolf
Belinda Esposito
Tiffany Fong
Damian Halloran
Alice Sandercock
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Zoë Victoria
Penny Sandercock
Dr Sally Fry
Sarah Shaw
Erin De Brincat
Sarah Braddock
Matt Thompson
Dr Shefauli Chauhan
Jessica Bigg
Georgia Dyer
James Pearson
Sophie Hanlon
Leah Wadsworth
Terri Humphreys
Vanessa Morse
Maddy Sexton
Kate Horstmann
Phoebe Dalwood
Cynthia Talone
Tessa Qua
Samantha Scholz
Kellie-Anne Currie
Liam Cranley
Tess Rouvray
Tanya Zubakin
Professor Emeritus Keithia Wilson
Stephanie Stanis
Jessica Vella
Charlotte Hoffman
Jake Lane
Jessica Davey
Erin Healy
Ella Hoban
Kaylee Ahern Ahern
J Henderson JP LLB
Alice Nash
Adele Chynoweth
Caitlyn Profenna
Jaye Christie
Rosemary Dunworth
Genevieve Hardy
Elyse Profenna
Anna Santo
Lauren Wells
Anna Fazio
Ellen Cameron
Sabina Nowak
Jessica Lang
Eva Walker
Fiona O’Shaughnessy
Natasha Jordan
Helga Aranda
Natalie Perkins
Elizabeth Walker
Lysha Brinsley
Jules Wilkinson
Bridget Caldwell-Bright
Christina Buckland
Dianne Brown
David Hermolin
Lucy Roberts
Rachelle Houston
Keira Owens
Terese Wilcock
Corinne Lennox
Cathy Fry
Logan Wood
Elizabeth Jemson-Ledger
Joanna Craddy
Maddie Ricci
alex stackpool
Rebecca Sibbick
Mary-Leigh Scheerhoorn
Emm Johnson
Rosie Boardman
James Woodman
Tessa Hughes
Megan Rodgers
Emma Davidson
Bella Chapman
Michel Gerencir
Caitlin Hultgren
Suzanne Chumbley
Tanya Mackay
Tristarnya Sheridan
Bronwyn Loechel
Gillian Lever
Amanda Dawes
Sarah Jones
Eva Brenner
Caitlin Beggs
Mark Western
Maneerat Srikijroj
Jennifer Vu
Ellis Pinkerton
Adam Taylor
Riley Vaughan
Renee Adair
Morgan Hunter
Olivia Otto
Georgia Grayson
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Jennipher Kong
Kim Asher
Lucy Pritchard
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Doris Pymble
Emma O’Neill
Louise Gibson-Baker
Joanna Murawska
Charlie Kairaitis
Dani Kline
Maggie Bonny
Kellie Gunnis
Sarah Davies
Nancy Mauro-Flude Mauro-Flude
Bridget Gibbs
Margaret Jose
Emilie Johnson
Michelle Panizza
Imogen Nicholson
Anna Molnar
Jeanene Williams
Xander Schofield
Swathy Santhakumar
Francesca Klemich
Alexander Papasavvas
Sarah Gaukroger
Ebynee Pearce
Lily Hoffmann
Amanda attreed
Fay Nilsen
Belinda Mathieson
John Burrill
Kirsty Bray
Ethan Erdeljac
Dr Leah Sharman
Linda Field
Dawn Llewellyn
Richard Weller-Boyes
Winnie Laws
Shelley Brann
Anne-Marie Lambie
Kylie Graham
Grace Blengini
Isabelle Moreton
Robyn Becket
Sandra Naidoo
David Lenton
Lucy Vicary
Robyn Fudge
Jody Marlowe
Allison Voigt
Laura Close
Donna Brooks
Maison Lukic-Bristow
ROBYN EVANS
Anna Merigan
Nicola Bini
Phoebe Waltham
Ursula Armstrong
Elizabeth Morter
Emma Townson
Catherine McDowall
Teresa Gleeson
Riley Colliss
Sarah Flegg
Dr. Belinda Hilton
Reece Duthy
Christopher McElwain
Snowy Primmer
Robyn Gilbert
Gabrielle Corbett
Damien Evans
Jane Wangmann
Cait Bell
Jalia Vitard-Herring
Matthew Davis
Taryn Timmins
Monique Hurley
Michelle Bennett
Shane Bazzi
Charandev Singh
Grace Austin
Jo Cutler
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Kylie Nosworthy
Simon Overall
Lynn Ng
Ginny Barbour
Lisa Wilder
Michelle Vitard
Sharna Bremner
Janine Stephen
Elly Baxter
Caitlin Sullivan
Penny Allman-Payne
Steven Illes
Ebony Mcgeorge
Luka Hedt
Ethan MacMinn
Emma Bell
Emma Delahunty
Emilia Leonetti
Kellie SJS
Sofie Falkenbach
Emma Jane Phillips
Em Chandler
Vanessa Mann
Karen Robinson
Sophie Beer
Stephanie Russo
Nick Linsley
Emma White
Laura Meyer
Ben Slinger
Ella Wright
Renee Kane
Holly Brennan
Dr Erica Millar
Lesley Soo
Ellie W-B
Dr Anita Hutchison, MBBS FRACGP
Anita Hutchison
Katie Does
Amy Stokes
Jessica Moulton
Ange Hale
Melanie Dorrington
Sammy Cooper
Dr Chris Briggs
Mary Barram
Georgia Santomartino
Anne O’Rourke
Anne O’Rourke
Nicola Sheeran
Leonie Short
Carla Gorton
Desiree LaGrappe
Adele Murdolo
Luka Janes-Doherty
Kelly Ventress
Skye O’Halloran
Cristina Cabrera-Ayers
Tina Helm
Madeline Price
Sharon Monteith
Megan Elias
Bonney Corbin
Dr Helen Keleher
Helen Keleher
Denele Crozier
Laura Henschke
Jaime Mack
Christina Michalakellis
Morgan Watson
Janelle Hutt
Madeleine Spicer
Monique Turmine
Pat Filmer-Sankey
Danelle Dobinson
Renata Lucas
Caterina Schulz
Alex Conlon
Emma Knowland RN, MN, BSc(Hons)
Lorel Mayberry
Morgana Jones
Carmen Jacques
Helen Coleman
Jessica Malone
Cath Hakanson
MacKenzie Edgington BSocSc BIntl MScMed(Rep)
Felicia Kosegi
Mirby Cooper
Amy Tunnicliffe
Renee Jones
Brinda Taparia
Tiarne Katona
William Breidahl
Amy Blair
Felicity Young
Breeanne Wright
Samantha McCann
Victoria Hamblin
Tanya Hoad
Brigid Mahar
Brooke Schulte
Sally Eldridge
Jenna Liddelow
Marti Kaiser
Molly Yates
Robyn Holmes
Jacqui Hendriks
Giselle Woodley
Alexandra Talamo
Brooke Balogh
Tori Wilckens
Sarah Mack
Family Planning NSW
Family Planning NSW
Claire Butselaar
Danielle Simonet
Jessica Drewry
Pippa Davie
Heti Mackallah
Holly Morrison
Kailee O’Beirne
Danieka Montague
Dr Nat Reily
Sarah Tuckfield
Emily Laycock
Marjory Vilaverde
Shannon Johnson
Andrew Heap
Sidney Atkinson
Bridget Harris
Róisín McGee
Nicole Utley
Jessica Evans
Yolanda Lovie-Toon
Polly Fletcher
Rebecca Kilvington
Samantha Campbell
Alicia Remedios
Tania Voon
Kelsey McArthur
Paris Krajina
Dr Jacqueline Coombe
Amy MacMahon
Michael Berkman MP
Isabelle Ashford
Natalie Knopke
Maeve Bridge
Kaitlyn Tilley
Kerrin Bradfield
Aneta Brewer
Mia Symonds
Eva Akyol
Clare McDonald
Josephine Harte
Beth Sorensen
Carly Watson
Dr Kate Poland
Celeste Thorn
Kari Vallury
Tash Howson
Emma Matthews
Jo Bolger
Lois Garner
Katherine Hills-Vink
Katie Bell
Shelby Mahoney
karen shaw
Catherine Orr
Megan Hunt
Krystal Player
Kirsten Munro
Jessica Jenkins
Kamala Emanuel
Arwen Julian
Donna Shay
Lily McAuliffe
Marielle Turner
Katherine Benson
Ash Baghursy
Kerrie Gardner
Paul Thorn
Katie Parks
Cassandra Beer
Anita Dudley
Brooke WAlket
Ali Saoirse
Jaklene Vukasinovic
Catharine Nederveen
Emma Iwinska
Terese Tobin
Courtney Cheong
Irene Siu
Tersia Mouton
Cybele Koning
Nikki Livingstone
Priscilla Marshall
Stacy Oehlman
Charlotte Chapman
Margaret Lisa Power
Dee-Anne Mace
Clare Mullen
Natasha Carlin
Karen Brittain
Kerryn Loose Jones
Cathie Smith
Vanessa Moore
Janet Herrera
Marie-Christine Lamy
Gabrielle Lawrence
Hannah Smith
Sarah McPharlin
Chris Hemsworth
Jade Hall
Erika Bon
Rebecca Thain
Sarah Buckley
Ally Gallagher-Fox
Brooke Johnson
Lilia Criste
Fiona Stark
Frances Crimmins
Lucy Conway
Alice Ridge
Sarah Rogers
Meaghanso O’Keefe
Aimee Harvey
Martine Liberman
Justine Malingrey
Em Golik
Vanessa Moore
Fiaza Khan
Dr Tania Penovic
Alicia Koidis
Amanda Asher
Julie Maxted

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