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Synopsis
This article deals with one aspect of a study of the abortion delivery system that operates in all the capital cities in Australia. The 176 respondents in the study worked as doctors, nurses, counsellors and social workers in places that provide abortion services. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to obtain the information. The role of abortion counselling in Australia is discussed and the attitudes of respondents examined. It was found that the majority of respondents favoured the right of a woman to choose whether or not to have an abortion. The majority also favoured compulsory abortion counselling. There was no significant variation amongst the occupational groups. It was also found that the majority of respondents from all the capital cities except Melbourne favoured abortion counselling. However, a higher proportion of respondents from the ‘abortion reform’ jurisdictions, Adelaide and Darwin, favoured compulsory counselling than in the other capitals.
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