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The 'Institutional Lottery': Institutional variation in the processes involved in accessing late abortion in Victoria, Australia.
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- Experiences and Perceptions of Doctors, Nurses, and Midwives Providing Abortion Care in Australia: A Scoping Review.The Australian & New Zealand journal of obstetrics & gynaecology · 2026Article
- How Are Healthcare Providers Conscientiously Objecting to Abortion in Australia? A Qualitative Study.Perspectives on sexual and reproductive health · 2026Article
- Institutional Responses to Voluntary Assisted Dying: An Empirical Study in Victoria and Western Australia.Journal of bioethical inquiry · 2025Article
- When may an adult woman with cognitive impairment still have capacity to consent to an abortion?The Medical journal of Australia · 2025Article
- Prospective parents' views on reproductive genetic carrier screening: "You know better, you do better".Journal of genetic counseling · 2025Article
- Factors influencing obstetricians' acceptance of termination of pregnancy beyond the first trimester: a qualitative study.BMC medical ethics · 2025Article
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Abstract
Despite abortion being decriminalised in Victoria, Australia, access remains difficult, especially at later gestations. Institutions (i.e. health services) place restrictions on the availability of late abortions and/or require additional requirements to be satisfied (e.g. Hospital Termination Review Committee approval), as a consequence of local regulation (i.e. policies and processes determined at the institutional level). This paper reports on the results of 27 interviews with Victorian health professionals about late abortion processes and the operation of Termination Review Committees in Victorian health services, which were analysed thematically. The results reveal the operation of an 'institutional lottery' whereby patients' experiences in seeking late abortion services were variable and largely shaped by the institution(s) they found themselves in.
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