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Information about the abortion legislation in New Zealand
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  • Abortion services: information for health practitioners

  • DECIDE – national abortion telehealth service

    Establishing DECIDE, the national abortion telehealth service, was part of the ongoing work to improve timely and equitable access to abortion service.
  • Providing abortion services

    There are several considerations for health practitioners and service providers planning to start offering abortion services within primary care and community settings. Some of these are outlined below.
  • Guidelines and training for abortion service providers

    Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) and the Ministry of Health | Manatū Hauora (the Ministry) provide guidelines and training to support practitioners providing abortion services.
  • Abortion services newsletter

    The Abortion Services newsletter has the latest updates from the work programme.

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