Victoria expands abortion services to more public hospitals to improve accessibility
by Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6GQAT)
Exclusive: Hospitals in Melbourne's eastern and western suburbs, and in the Mornington Peninsula, will now offer surgical abortions
Every day, Carolyn Mogharbel takes calls from distressed women facing hours-long journeys to Melbourne in order to access a surgical abortion.
Experts such as Mogharbel, a manager at the 1800 My Options program that provides free advice about reproductive health services, have said access to abortion in Victoria largely depends on where a woman lives.
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