An estimated crowd of 1000 women, men and children attended a pro-choice rally in Sydney’s Hyde Park on Saturday morning, ahead of the NSW parliament voting on the upper house bill to decriminal…
‘Abortion is not a crime. In fact, it’s normal’: Jane Caro
Jane Caro will be delivering this speech for the pro-choice rally on Saturday 14/9 in Hyde Park at 11am. Around 40 years ago, as the result of contraception failure (still a relatively common occurre…
Liberal MPs threaten move to crossbench over abortion amendments
Two New South Wales Liberal party MPs are threatening a move to the crossbench if their demands on amendments to a bill to decriminalise abortion are not met. Conservative Liberal party MPs Tanya Davi…
If successful, the NSW abortion vote isn’t the end of the fight for reproductive freedom. It’s just the beginning.
In recent weeks, Australian women have been collectively holding their breath while the future of their reproductive rights were debated in New South Wales. Now that the final vote in the Upper House …
#ArrestUs: 60 women who had abortions urge authorities to arrest them in NSW
Sixty women who each had ‘illegal’ abortions in NSW have laid down the gauntlet and challenged authorities to ‘Arrest Us’ ahead of the state parliament debating a decriminalisa…
‘Time for change’: NSW finally set to decriminalise abortion
One hundred and nineteen years is a long time waiting, but that’s how long women have been on the other side of the law in NSW when it comes to their reproductive rights. This week, things are set to …
Alabama woman charged with the death of her fetus after being shot
Alabama’s seriously questionable legal system has just reached an all new level of atrocious. Yesterday, a woman was charged with fetal manslaughter after she was involved in a fight which saw h…
Peter Dutton has accused women of making false rape and abortion claims to get to Australia. It’s unforgivable
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton laid down some staggering accusations yesterday when he claimed that a number of women seeking asylum in Australia were fabricating rape allegations and abortion wis…
Our silencing of women politicians should have prepared us for Alabama’s backflip on abortion laws
Australian female politicians barely registered in media coverage of the recent election campaign. In fact, data released by Streem shows that ‘of the top ten most quoted politicians in digital and pr…
Alabama passes the most restrictive abortion law in US history
On Tuesday, Alabama’s state senate voted to outlaw abortion in the US state. The senate in Alabama is heavily controlled by the Republican party and the legislation prohibiting abortion, was passed on…
