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Sydney Colussi, University of Sydney

We're putting gender at the heart of the Fair Work Act, but there's still no compassionate leave for abortions

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This year’s landmark decision of the US Supreme Court to overturn the constitutional right to abortion established by the Roe versus Wade judgement in 1973 leaves Australian women better off than those in the United States.

Abortion has been decriminalised in every Australian state and territory, and following amendments to the Fair Work Act last year, eligible women are entitled to two days of paid compassionate leave for miscarriages.

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