Call for more information following mifepristone registration
THE wider availability of medical abortion following TGA registration last week of mifepristone and misoprostol for early terminations has been welcomed, but with caveats.
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Caroline de Costa
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Legal fears over RU-486 move
EXPERTS are at odds over whether new moves by Marie Stopes International to provide Queensland women with medical abortion will contravene the state’s outdated laws, and put patients and doctors at risk of prosecution. Fourteen doctors working for Marie Stopes International were last week granted a licence by the Therapeutic Goods Administration to provide the controversial RU-486 abortion drug to women, just two months after Cairns-based gynaecologist and obstetrician Dr Caroline de Costa stopped prescribing it. Dr de Costa – who was the first medical professional in Australia to be granted a licence to prescribe RU-486 – ...
DIY abortions spark law reform calls
CLAIMS that women are illegally procuring drugs to terminate their own pregnancies have sparked renewed calls for abortion law reform. According to media reports, Queensland obstetricians Dr Caroline de Costa and Dr Adrienne Freeman – both of whom are licensed to conduct medical abortions – have become aware of patients obtaining misoprostol or RU486 to induce an abortion. The reports follow the high-profile case of a 19-year-old Cairns woman who has been charged with procuring her own miscarriage, after she allegedly procured and took misoprostol. The case prompted Dr de Costa to cease offering medical abortions ...
Legal concerns over medical abortions
QUEENSLAND GP obstetricians authorised to prescribe drugs for medical abortions have been urged to rethink the practice by leading gynaecologists, who claim they may be risking criminal prosecution. Cairns-based gynaecologists Dr Caroline de Costa and Dr Michael Carrette have said they will stop offering this option to patients, after a 19-year-old woman was charged with procuring a medical abortion using drugs obtained from overseas. They are concerned that if she is found guilty, cases could be brought against Queensland doctors and their patients. “We’ve taken legal advice because we know that medical abortion is a very ...