Family Planning NSW has welcomed the upcoming Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme listing of Kyleena, the first long-acting, reversible contraceptive to receive a government subsidy in 15 years.

The copper intrauterine device is the most effective emergency contraception and the only method to provide ongoing contraception, yet it is underutilised in Australia according to new research from Family Planning NSW.

Family Planning NSW is aiming to improve reproductive and sexual health outcomes in Lithgow with the introduction of whole of community sexuality and relationship education courses.

The Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 prioritises the religious beliefs of healthcare workers over the healthcare needs of individuals, including people who may already be disadvantaged and struggling to access appropriate services.

As the leading provider of sexual and reproductive healthcare services FPNSW cannot support a bill which further threatens equitable, universal access to healthcare.

More than $75 million could be saved over five years if the uptake of long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) in Australia was on par with the international benchmark, new research from Family Planning NSW shows.

Nurse-led insertions of long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs) could increase affordability and access to contraception for Australian women, new research from Family Planning NSW shows.

Women suffering from bacterial vaginosis could find relief from the debilitating infection with a new trial that will look to improve cure rates by also treating male sexual partners of affected women with a new treatment option.

The NSW Pro-Choice Alliance has welcomed the adoption of the Abortion Reform Bill 2019 which finally ends 119-year-old laws that criminalised women for seeking abortions.

Alliance Chair Wendy McCarthy said the change was a victory for NSW women who were the last in Australia to have abortion laws reformed.

EACH week 29 NSW women are forced to travel interstate to have an abortion as appropriate care is not available in their home state. NSW Pro-Choice Alliance Chair Wendy McCarthy said this migration of patients was an appalling reality that saw women forced to endure extra costs, travel and isolation.

PROMINENT NSW citizens have come out in support of abortion decriminalisation - signing on to publicly support the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill before it returns to the NSW Upper House next Tuesday.

THE NSW Pro-Choice Alliance - the peak campaign body for abortion decriminalisation in NSW, representing over 70 health, legal and community organisations - has announced its firm opposition to proposed amendments by cross-bench MLCs to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill.

In June high school student Bella Ziade mobilised hundreds of Sydneysiders to protest NSW's restrictive anti-abortion laws amid fears US-style wind backs on reproductive health could be headed home. Today, she has thrown her support behind the NSW Pro-Choice Alliance rally in Sydney, this Saturday.

New poll shows overwhelming support for abortion law reform, opposition to religious interference.

The vast majority of NSW residents - including 71% of Liberal Party voters - want to see abortion decriminalised, and more than 80% of voters agree people’s religious views shouldn’t impact access to abortion, new polling shows.

The NSW Pro-Choice Alliance has slammed reports the Legislative Council will not vote on the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 this week and will instead delay the vote until September.

Chair of the Alliance, Wendy McCarthy AO said the delay was a galling back down moments after receipt of the Legislative Council's Standing Committee on Social Issues report which had recommended the Legislative Council consider the bill.

FAMILY Planning NSW CEO Ann Brassil said amendments to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 were an attack on women and their health care and would have devastating consequences for the most vulnerable in our community.

THE NSW Pro-Choice Alliance - the peak campaign for abortion decriminalisation in NSW, representing over 70 health, legal and community organisations, has announced their firm opposition to proposed amendments to the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill.

THE NSW Pro-Choice Alliance has condemned moves by a small number of NSW Members of Parliament to delay tabling of the historic Reproductive Healthcare Reform Bill 2019 which has cross-party support and more co-sponsors than any other piece of legislation in the history of the NSW Parliament.

A cross-party bill aiming to decriminalise abortion in NSW has been lauded by NSW Pro-Choice Alliance campaign manager Sinead Canning.

"With support from across parliament for this historic reform, we have the chance to remove abortion from the Crimes Act and finally move our state into the 21st Century.