safe access zone

In Clubb v Edwards; Preston v Avery (2019), the High Court of Australia considered whether "safe access zone" laws in Victoria and Tasmania (which prohibit certain communications and protests about abortion within 150 metres of abortion clinics) impermissibly burden the implied freedom of political communication under the Australian Constitution.

The Termination of Pregnancy Act 2018 (Queensland) was enacted to decriminalize abortion in Queensland. The purpose of the Act is to enable reasonable safe access to termination. The Act permits abortion on request up to 22 weeks of gestation. After 22 weeks, a medical practitioner must consult a second medical practitioner before performing a termination.