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Wagga Wagga City Council formally supports improved access to abortions

Vickie Burkinshaw has welcomed support from Wagga Wagga councillors, including Dan Hayes. (ABC Riverina: Penny Burfitt)

Abortion rights advocates say they have a "sense of hope" after a regional NSW council voted to formally advocate for improved access to abortion in a city long plagued by a lack of services.

At this week's council meeting, seven of eight Wagga Wagga City councillors voted to adopt a 2023 advocacy plan that formally calls on "the state and federal governments, local health district, hospital staff, GPs, and other organisations [to] increase access to medical and surgical abortions".

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