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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Explainer: Is abortion legal in Australia and what are the laws in each state?

Protestors gathered outside NSW parliament before a debate on the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill in 2019
Is abortion legal in Australia? Protestors gathered outside NSW parliament before a debate on the reproductive health laws in 2019. Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Abortion access in Australia is “tracking well” despite attacks from anti-choice groups, experts say, as the world reels from the US supreme court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade.

But they said that while abortion has been mostly decriminalised, non-legal barriers remain for women across the country.

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