Our focus
Removing legal barriers to abortion services
Everyone has the right to decide what happens to their body. Through collaborative campaigning and skilled political advocacy, we helped decriminalise abortion Australia wide and support the push for abortion laws that uphold best-practice healthcare
Ensuring safe access to reproductive healthcare
No one should be intimidated and abused by strangers on the way to see their doctor. We work defend safe access zone laws when they are challenged to protect people from being harassed outside reproductive health clinics.
What we are working on
News, reports and explainers
Past impact
Establishing safe access zones across Australia
The safety and privacy of people seeking reproductive healthcare is now protected across Australia thanks to safe access zone laws.
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Abortion decriminalised Australia-wide
For years, the Human Rights Law Centre has been fighting to ensure abortion is treated as healthcare and wiped from the criminal laws of every state and territory around Australia. In September 2023, we reached this critical milestone with the passing of abortion laws in Western Australia.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Human Rights Law Centre acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Darug and Wadawurrung people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
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