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…
Why a ‘sex strike’ is unlikely to improve access to abortion
While encouraging women to go on a “sex strike” over reproductive rights is laudable, this approach is deeply problematic, writes Bianca Fileborn from University of Melbourne in this piece…
What I learned from editing a book about abortion
Somewhere in those first few days after I had agreed to edit a book about abortion, I began to realise just how little I knew about it. I had no idea that it was truly illegal in parts of Australia st…
The Minister for Women crossed the floor to support Cory Bernardi’s anti-abortion bill
On Thursday Cory Bernardi, the Australian Conservatives senator, moved a motion in the Senate to criticise White Ribbon Australia for its pro-choice stance. He asked senators to challenge White Ribbon…
How Kevin Rudd will continue campaign for the female vote
Labor women’s group EMILY’s List will double down in its bid to hold on to the female vote after the dumping of Julia Gillard, as Labor strategists look to cover all bases to steal victory…
