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Contraception and abortion

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews at the Women's, announcing Australia's first public fertility service

Dr Paddy Moore nationally recognised
One of the Women’s most experienced women’s health experts has been recognised by the Governor General for significant service to women’s reproductive health in Australia.
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Supporting timely access to abortion care
Access to early medical abortion in Victoria should improve, with the launch of a new training module for healthcare workers.
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Increasing access to reproductive health services in local communities
Information sessions for healthcare professionals in regional Victoria have proven to be invaluable by debunking myths and generating interest in a broader and fairer approach to abortion service delivery.
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Sexual health project receives funding boost
A project setting out to increase the availability of contraception and abortion care across regional areas of Victoria has been given the green light to continue its valuable work.
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Empowering rural clinicians vital in improving access to abortion services
A collaboration of healthcare experts has addressed healthcare professionals at national conference on increasing service access.
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IUD and hysterectomy best options for heavy bleeding
Hormone releasing IUDs are more effective than the contraceptive pill and other medication for treating heavy or abnormal menstrual bleeding a review by Royal Women’s Hospital researchers has found.
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The Women’s supports long-acting contraceptives
On Tuesday 12 December, the ABC 7.30 program aired a report on the use of two long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) devices, Implanon and Mirena.
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Comment: Hard-won rights for women’s health are under threat in Australia, too
By Dr Helen Szoke: Many Australians are outraged about, and rightfully fearful of, the very real global threat to women’s health and reproductive rights following recent political events in the US.
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Improving protocols may help access abortion
Our experts in the news: Martha Hickey and Paddy Moore write an editorial for The Lancet this week on early medical abortion protocols
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We need your help to spread the video
We listened to what young women said they wanted to know when producing this new video about emergency contraception
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