Last Friday, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee advised that Mifepristone (better known as RU486 or the ‘abortion pill’), and Misoprostol, taken in conjunction with RU486, be covered by a scheme which provides a government subsidy. RU486 is a drug allowing the medical termination of pregnancies up to 49 days. It was first developed by…
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Like countless other young women, the “war on women” during the 2012 American presidential election campaign was a shock to my system. It can seem so easy to take our rights for granted in a time and culture where post-feminist discourses tell us that we can “have it all”; where Beyonce’s power-femininity dominates the all-American-male…
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