Gina Rushton
Gina Rushton is a journalist and writer who has written for BuzzFeed News, The Saturday Paper, The Australian, Meanjin and The Lifted Brow. She is a Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists media excellence award winner and Australian Human Rights Commission media award finalist for her coverage of reproductive rights.
Reproductive health and abortion providers say they are preparing for a 'shadow pandemic' following a wave of unintended pregnancies during the world's lockdowns.
To help women safely access abortion services via telehealth, the government would need only to keep doing what services say it has been for decades: nothing.
Thanks to cost-cutting, victims of crime will essentially take on the work of public servants.
A landmark ruling has brought into sharp relief the potential responsibilities of Australian employers to workers experiencing violence.
Women injured in vaginal mesh procedures have won a class action against Johnson & Johnson, but as the case drags on to an appeal, they are still waiting for compensation.
Abortion may be disappearing from criminal codes across Australia, but a lack of access to providers means the fight is far from over.
