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WA Government set to modernise state's abortion laws, following community consultation

Women and medical practitioners have been asked to have their say on WA's decades-old abortion laws, which are among the toughest in the country, as the state government prepares to overhaul the legislation.  

The changes on the table include fully decriminalising abortion, increasing the gestational limit for a procedure from 20 to 24 weeks, abolishing mandatory counselling and scrapping the need for a GP referral. 

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