The US Supreme Court has overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v Wade ruling that recognised a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion and legalised it across the country, handing a momentous victory to pro-life advocates who want to limit or ban the procedure.
A landmark law passed over a year ago to remove abortion from South Australia’s criminal code will finally be enacted next month, despite concerns about rules requiring doctors to hand patients’ personal and medical information to the government.
A landmark law passed one year ago to decriminalise abortion in South Australia is yet to be enacted amid ongoing tensions over proposed rules requiring doctors to hand patients’ personal and medical information to the government.
Proposed new abortion rules requiring doctors to hand over personal and medical information about their patients to the government may breach patient privacy and deter some from seeking help, legal groups have warned.