Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Waters for her question. Part of the work that we have done, which is in the area of responsibility we have, is in ensuring that non-surgical medical abortions are available through the dispensing of MS-2 Step. We have seen, since some of those restrictions on health professionals have been removed, significantly improved access for women to non-surgical medical abortions. Obviously, our increased investment in this area in the women's health package, including with encouraging long-acting contraceptive devices, is aimed at ensuring that more women get the protection they need for themselves, so that we're reducing the number of women who would have to seek an abortion.

On the hospital point: we've taken the view that the states run the hospitals and we need to fund the hospitals properly. (Time expired)