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| UpdatedThe LNP says it cannot support an independent MP's bid to decriminalise abortion in Queensland because the proposed laws are flawed and could create "further risk and uncertainty".
Topics: abortion, state-parliament, laws, womens-health, alp, liberal-national-party-queensland, activism-and-lobbying, qld, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedTwo Queensland rugby union teams will be pitted against the rest of the country when they head to one of Australia's biggest Indigenous sevens tournaments.
Topics: rugby-union, womens-health, rugby-7, sport, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, women, rockhampton-4700, coffs-harbour-2450
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A monthly clinic is helping transgender people previously overlooked by the NT's health system, yet its long-term future is uncertain due to funding concerns.
Topics: sexuality, mental-health, sexual-health, mens-health, womens-health, adolescent-health, gays-and-lesbians, health, suicide, states-and-territories, darwin-0800
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Topics: sexuality, womens-health, mens-health, health, sexual-health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, darwin-0800
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Topics: sexuality, womens-health, mens-health, health, sexual-health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, darwin-0800
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Topics: sexuality, womens-health, mens-health, health, sexual-health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, darwin-0800
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Women inmates at a WA prison have drawn on their personal experience of domestic violence to create a new short film.
Topics: womens-health, women, domestic-violence, prisons-and-punishment, animation, film, short-film, community-education, kalgoorlie-6430
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The Babes Project is crowdfunding to launch a collection of empowering stories of women experiencing crisis pregnancies through to parenthood.
Topics: parenting, pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health, family-and-children, children, mental-health, books-literature, community-and-society, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedHumans in developed nations are living longer than ever before, with life expectancy in some countries soon expected to surpass 90 years, researchers say.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, mens-health, womens-health, australia
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Some abortion services currently available at the Adelaide Women's and Children's Hospital could be moved to a different location as the hospital confirms a review.
Topics: health, womens-health, healthcare-facilities, pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, north-adelaide-5006, adelaide-5000, woodville-5011, sa
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From fertility "Fitbits" to at-home sperm testing kits, innovative new devices are transforming the way we think about making babies, writes Jo Fox.
Topics: fertility-and-infertility, men, women, reproductive-technology, womens-health, internet-technology, australia
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Adelaide-based Ellie Kammer's art work is confronting, graphic and bold — just what she needs to stimulate a conversation about her condition.
Topics: endometriosis, womens-health, painting, human-interest, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedPregnancy continues to be portrayed through rosy lenses, while the true, sometimes nightmarish side of it remains hidden away.
Topics: pregnancy-and-childbirth, reproduction-and-contraception, womens-health, health, women, community-and-society, australia
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A new social enterprise set up by an ex-Neighbours actress aims to provide every homeless woman in Australia with access to free tampons.
Topics: womens-health, homelessness, charities-and-community-organisations, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedCritics call it a social construct, but venture into some online chatrooms and you'll find hundreds of Australian women who suffer "gender disappointment" — depression over the sex of their children.
Topics: fertility-and-infertility, reproduction-and-contraception, health, parenting, family-and-children, community-and-society, women, womens-health, australia
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| UpdatedWant to offer your seat to a fellow commuter, but not sure whether she's 'with child' or just had a big meal? There's an app for that, writes Jo Fox.
Topics: women, pregnancy-and-childbirth, womens-health, offbeat, united-kingdom, england, australia
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| UpdatedA campaign to raise funds to stop violence against women is encouraging to women to stop shaving their legs and underarms during February.
Topics: charities, womens-health, domestic-violence, australia
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| UpdatedAn internal investigation is underway at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, in Sydney's south-west, after a number of babies were given ineffective hepatitis B vaccines.
Topics: health, womens-health, healthcare-facilities, child-health-and-behaviour, infant-health, bankstown-2200
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| UpdatedNew South Wales' Minister for Women Tanya Davies endures a tough first day in the job after being grilled over her pro-life views.
Topics: abortion, reproduction-and-contraception, health, womens-health, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, women, government-and-politics, state-parliament, parliament, nsw, sydney-2000
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Feminist stories about abortion should be told to expose the pressure, coercion and abuse that can underscore reproductive decision-making in the first place, writes Rachel Hirsch.
Topics: reproduction-and-contraception, abortion, womens-health, domestic-violence, feminism
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Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, womens-health, older-people, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedProtesters who took part in women's marches around the world on the day after US President Donald Trump's inauguration say they marched for equality, freedom, opportunity in the future and to put an end to fear.
Topics: us-elections, womens-health, feminism, united-states
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A clever and discreet new device is so ingenious it'll make you want to have another baby, writes Jo Fox. This is why we need more women in STEM.
Topics: women, babies, parenting, security-intelligence, womens-health, inventions
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Parkour is generally associated with fit young men scaling buildings or leaping through the air, however a group of Melbourne women are trying to change that perception.
Topics: womens-health, sport, women, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, melbourne-3000