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Medical abortions still hard to access in Wagga Wagga, GPs say, due to 'culture of silence'

Some Wagga Wagga GPs say a conservative religious culture is forcing them to prescribe medical abortions "in secret", with a number of women missing out because of a "culture of silence" in the southern New South Wales area. 

"I've had women call 15-plus phone numbers trying to find a service that offers medical termination before they find us," GP Trudi Beck said.

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