Abortion Decriminalisation
The long campaign to reform Queensland's outdated criminal abortion laws continues although media interest in the issue has been quiet. After the amendments to section 282 of the Criminal Code in September last year to afford medical abortion the same legal status as surgical termination, it was claimed that no further reforms were needed to ensure Queensland women's access to adequate termination services. It was our view at the time of the reforms that they would be insufficient to secure women's access to abortion.