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NEWS: Jess Scott Hayes had to travel from her home in Byron to the Gold Coast and pay $700 for a surgical abortion.
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Women turned away from public hospitals three years after abortion decriminalised in NSW

Just two hospitals in the state run abortion services, forcing women and their GPs to make dozens of calls to private providers searching for an appointment.

  • by Kate Aubusson
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are three times more likely to die in custody because of inadequate medical care compared to non-Indigenous people.

The change to Medicare that could reduce deaths in custody

Coroners, legal advocates, doctors and the NSW Inspector of Custodial Services all say the same thing: inmates need better healthcare.

  • by Georgina Mitchell
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