NFAW believes that no matter where people are born and live, everyone seeking an abortion should have access to legal, safe, timely and compassionate abortion care.
NFAW believes that no matter where people are born and live, everyone seeking an abortion should have access to legal, safe, timely and compassionate abortion care.
It is now widely acknowledged that the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting women and men in different ways; it is not gender neutral. The by-products of economic shock and its impact on insecure employment have hit women particularly hard. Women are over-represented in industries most affected by the virus.
NFAW has written to the NSW Premier and MLCs to express support for the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019.
We take this opportunity to encourage the New South Wales Government to consider a comprehensive, statewide sexual and reproductive health strategy with a focus on promoting healthy sexuality and fertility, safe sex practices, respectful relationships, active consent and the prevention of unintended pregnancy and sexually transmissible infections.
NFAW is pleased to endorse the Good Shepherd Australia New Zealand's (GSANZ) submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria's mental health system. The submission focusses on gender differences in the prevalence, treatment and prevention of mental health conditions and suicidality.
Our position is that every child should be a wanted child, and that parents should have access to good quality information and services which enable them to make decisions as to the numbers and spacing of their children.
We welcome the intent of the legislation to remove abortion from the criminal code. This has been the legal situation in the Australian Capital Territory for a number of years. A decision to terminate is best made by a voluntary decision of the woman in consultation with her doctor.
The Productivity Commission was asked by the Federal Government in February 2008 to undertake a public inquiry into paid maternity, paternity and paternal leave, reporting by February 2009. The Commission put out a background paper in April 2008, followed by a round of hearings and submissions.
