Behaviour to ‘promote’ or prevent pregnancy can intersect with domestic, family and sexual violence. It weaponises someone’s reproductive capacity to control them.
- Emeritus Professor, Judith Lumley Centre (JLC) of Mother, Infant and Family Health, La Trobe University
Women of all walks of life have abortions: married, single, child-free, and mothers. New research shows what’s happening in their life when they do.
By mapping alcohol’s role in domestic violence, a report published today lifts the lid on the plight of numerous Australian adults and children whose lives are negatively affected by a family member with…
Medical abortions will finally be easily available to Australian women when the drug RU486 (mifepristone and misoprostol) is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from August 1, 2013. But…
The emergency contraceptive pill (morning-after pill) contains a hormone called levonorgestrel and can be bought without a prescription. It’s used to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, but many women…
IUDs are a safe and highly effective form of contraception but misinformation continues to make them an unpopular choice for women and doctors, Australian research has found. An Intra Uterine Device is…
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has registered RU486 (mifepristone linepharma) and GyMiso®(misoprostol) for wider use in Australia following an application for registration of the medicines…
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