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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie and Andrew Messenger

Queensland passes law to allow nurses to provide abortion pills amid strong opposition from LNP

Queensland health minister Shannon Fentiman speaks in parliament
Health minister Shannon Fentiman says every Queensland woman deserves access to sexual and reproductive healthcare including pregnancy termination no matter where she lives. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Laws allowing nurses to provide pregnancy termination medication have passed parliament despite strong opposition from Queensland’s Liberal National party.

Nurses and midwives will be allowed to dispense the drug, MS-2 Step, in a bid to bridge barriers to abortion access as the state grapples with a “postcode lottery”.

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