The fall of <i>Roe v Wade,</i> the US anti-abortion movement and its influence in Australia

Penovic, Tania

doi:10.1177/1037969x221132565

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“…In this study, a confounding issue was that the survey was open for participation at the time when Roe v Wade was overturned in the United States (June 24, 2022), which dominated the news and social media platforms internationally. 62 It is not possible to determine how this may have influenced attitudes reported in this study particularly those around matters concerning privacy, autonomy, and the personhood of fetuses and embryos. At the time of the overturned legislation, debates and conversations around women's health and reproductive rights increased in Australia and included both condemnation and support for safe accessible and legal abortions.…”

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Macro and micro ethics in fetal and embryological collections: Exploring the paradigms of informed consent among Australian education‐focused stakeholders

El‐Haddad,

Pather

2024

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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The management of human fetal and embryological collections presents an ethical challenge that can be explored from different perspectives, particularly when considering informed consent. The “micro ethics” level focuses on parties engaged in giving and receiving human tissue while the “macro ethics” level focusses on the collective responsibility of the discipline and society. Additionally, adopting a framework, where ways of working are designed with relevant communities, requires understanding the perspectives of individuals, communities, and organizations. The aim of this study therefore was to assess the perceptions of education‐focused Australian stakeholders. A survey collected the perspectives of 198 participants. The majority of participants (61.6%; n = 122/198) indicated that human fetal and embryological remains obtained prior to era of informed consent should be retained for use in education/research. It is likely that their perspective is based on the notion that if human fetal and embryological collections are used for good, then disposing of them would deny this benefit. Women (p < 0.001) indicated a preference for obtaining fetuses and embryos with informed consent for education and research (38.4%; n = 76/198). Majority were in favor of recording both maternal (MI) (59.6%; n = 118/198) and paternal information (PI) (58.1%; n = 115/198) with each donation. Majority (56.1%; n = 111/198) expressed that donations should be accepted from both parental sources. Consideration of stakeholder perspectives is important in developing guidelines regarding these collections. The results from this study demonstrate a level of discomfort with respect to collections without informed consent, which should be considered at the macro ethical and micro ethical level.

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Macro and micro ethics in fetal and embryological collections: Exploring the paradigms of informed consent among Australian education‐focused stakeholders

El‐Haddad,

Pather

2024

Anatomical Sciences Ed

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“…This analysis adapted Levesque et al's in uential framework of patient-centred access to healthcare(3) to abortion access during the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that the framework facilitated a nuanced examination of the multifaceted and intersecting factors that in uence access to abortion -a historically criminalised and still stigmatised service (15,49). This adaption of Levesque's framework can be applied in different contexts to understand experiences of access to stigmatised health services and examine healthcare access in pandemic or other disaster conditions.…”

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Experiences of abortion care in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining multiple dimensions of access

Wickramasinghe,

Fisher,

Taft

et al. 2023

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Background Universal access to sexual and reproductive health services is a global priority. Yet barriers to abortion access remain, including legal restrictions, cost, stigma, and limited availability of services and information. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated barriers to abortion care. The aim was to identify barriers to and facilitators of abortion by examining experiences of access during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This qualitative phenomenological study examined abortion access during the pandemic in Australia, where abortion is decriminalised. We used social media and flyers in clinics to recruit adults who sought abortion care since March 2020, then conducted in-depth interviews. We mapped participant experiences to five dimensions of access identified by Levesque et al.’s patient-centred access to healthcare framework: approachability, acceptability, availability and accommodation, affordability, and appropriateness. Results The 24 participants lived across Australia and sought abortion in a range of pandemic-related restrictions. Approachability: Most lacked information about abortion and where to seek it. Acceptability: Many were uncomfortable disclosing their abortion to family, friends, and healthcare providers, and providers demonstrated varying levels of support. Availability and accommodation: Regional participants travelled far and faced long wait-times, exacerbated by pandemic restrictions. Affordability: Participants described financial stress paying for the service, travel, and related expenses. Appropriateness: Most participants expected judgement in care. Providers commonly assumed they wanted to remain pregnant, and some provided unempathetic and rushed care. Some participants reported non-judgmental and supportive services with appropriate emotional support and time spent with providers. Discussion Abortion seekers experienced varying obstacles when seeking care, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Challenges during the pandemic illustrated the importance of ensuring social support during care and choice between abortion modalities and service types. The findings illustrate the need for population- and system-level initiatives such as: providing accurate information about and normalising abortion; implementing system-level efforts to reduce wait times, travel, and costs, especially for rural populations; and developing regulatory and quality improvement initiatives to increase the workforce and its readiness to provide high-quality, non-judgemental abortion care. Consumer voices can help understand the diverse pathways to abortion care and inform solutions to overcome the multidimensional barriers to access.

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“…When Roe v Wade was overturned by the United States Supreme Court in 2022, enraged crowds took to the streets advocating for abortion access 11 . A series of Bills were then released advocating for fetal personhood in high income Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) countries, including Canada and Australia 12 . By setting precedents for fetal personhood, they seek to complicate and over‐regulate abortion access.…”

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Sexual and reproductive health rights in Australia: we have much to celebrate but must not be complacent

Melville,

Corbin

2023

Medical Journal of Australia

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The fall of Roe v Wade, the US anti-abortion movement and its influence in Australia

Cited by 4 publications

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Macro and micro ethics in fetal and embryological collections: Exploring the paradigms of informed consent among Australian education‐focused stakeholders

Macro and micro ethics in fetal and embryological collections: Exploring the paradigms of informed consent among Australian education‐focused stakeholders

Experiences of abortion care in Australia during the COVID-19 pandemic: examining multiple dimensions of access

Sexual and reproductive health rights in Australia: we have much to celebrate but must not be complacent

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