New laws bring state into line with other jurisdictions and scrap clinical barriers that forced some women to seek treatment outside WA
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Abortion has been removed from Western Australia’s criminal code and access will be easier for women after sweeping reforms passed by the state parliament.
The amended laws to address inequity bring WA into line with other jurisdictions and remove unnecessary clinical barriers that were driving some women to seek treatment interstate.
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