Queensland

The applicant is a non-profit organisation with the primary objective of ensuring that women and pregnant people who experience hardship or distress with a pregnancy receive counselling, information, material aid, and referral about pregnancy options, including abortion, adoption and parenting. Almost half of the applicant’s clients have reported experiencing domestic violence, sexual assault or reproductive coercion, predominantly perpetrated by men.

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.