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• Yes, more Australians should have access to IVF – but talk of a fertility ‘problem’ has the the scent of old patriarchy | Van Badham

  21-09-2024 22:00
  It could be seen as an advancement of rights, but instead the proposed changes to IVF remain entwined with rightwing reproduction madnessThe problem with talking about IVF is that anyone who knows anything about it has lived their experience with some degree of trauma.So reports appearing this week proposing increased access to IVF as a means to solve Australia’s declining fertility “problem” hit in the tenderest part of the body. It’s the bit that may not hold a baby but
  
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• Yes, more Australians should have access to IVF – but talk of a fertility ‘problem’ has the scent of old patriarchy | Van Badham

  21-09-2024 22:00
  
  It could be seen as an advancement of rights but instead the proposed changes to IVF remain entwined with rightwing reproduction madnessThe problem with talking about IVF is that anyone who knows anything about it has lived their experience with some degree of trauma.So reports appearing this week proposing increased access to IVF as a means to solve Australia’s declining fertility “problem” hit in the tenderest part of the body. It’s the bit that may not hold a baby but
  
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• One in 20 Australian adults found to have suffered reproductive coercion and abuse

  21-09-2024 22:00
  
  Australian Study of Health and Relationship study finds 3.9% of women aged 16-69 had experienced contraceptive interference and 4.9% forced abortionGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne in 20 Australian adults have experienced reproductive coercion and abuse.That is among the findings of the Australian Study of Health and Relationships, released this week, the first time researchers in Australia have estimated the national prevalence of behaviour used to control a person
  
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