Medical abortion in Australia: a short history
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Medical abortion in Australia: a short history.
Surgical abortion has been provided liberally in Australia since the early 1970s, mainly in privately owned specialist clinics. The introduction of medical abortion, however, was deliberately obstructed and consequently significantly delayed when compared to similar countries. Mifepristone was approved for commercial import only in 2012 and listed as a government subsidised medicine in 2013. De...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reproductive Health Matters
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0968-8080,1460-9576
DOI: 10.1016/j.rhm.2015.10.002