The state government earlier this year passed laws to allow nurses and midwives to dispense the abortion pill MS-2 Step, and a health worker recruitment drive is under way.
More women will now come forward to access abortion services, the Queensland government believes, as recruitment kicked off for more nurses and midwives to improve access to pregnancy termination.
Fentiman on Saturday said Queensland was the first government to allow nurses and midwives to prescribe MS-2 Step. Fentiman said GPs could also prescribe the medication, but people had difficulty accessing doctors in regional Queensland. “This is a boost to recognise, now that we have passed legislation to enable nurses and midwives to prescribe MS-2 Step, we are going to see more women coming forward to access this.”
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