Cairns marches for fair abortion access

Angela Walker
Gimuy/Cairns
July 13, 2022
Issue 
1353
News
Photo: Jonathan Strauss

Pro Choice Cairns and March 4 Justice Cairns organised a well-attended march for abortion rights on July 10. About 100 people gathered to hear doctors Caroline de Costa and Heather McNamee, Bec Templeton and United States–born law student Mary Larson-Dennis before marching from the hospital along the Esplanade and back.

to improve reproductive health access in regional areas. β€œWe want Queensland Health and the health minister to go to each health district and go β€˜Show me your pathway for abortion, show me how you are offering public abortion services to your community’,” she told the rally.

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