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Rebecca Trigger

Women who made abortion legal in Australia say now is the time for further reform

Cheryl Davenport says before Australian law was changed, backyard abortions were still taking place with knitting needles. (ABC News: Rebecca Trigger)

The architects of the first law to decriminalise abortion in Australia say the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US was a huge setback for reproductive rights, and further changes are needed at home to better enshrine access. 

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