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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Victoria expands abortion services to more public hospitals to improve accessibility

The Victorian minister for health, Mary-Anne Thomas
The Victorian minister for health, Mary-Anne Thomas, says this latest step means fewer women would have to travel to the city for safe and accessible abortion services. Photograph: James Ross/AAP

Every day Carolyn Mogharbel takes calls from distressed women facing hours-long journeys to Melbourne in order to access a surgical abortion.

Experts such as Mogharbel, a manager at the 1800 My Options program that provides free advice about reproductive health services, have said access to abortion in Victoria largely depends on where a woman lives.

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