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Thanks to the work of saaac and our many allies, abortion was decriminalised in South Australia on 7 July 2022: Fifteen months after legislation was passed to decriminalise and modernise abortion care in SA.

Abortion was decriminalised because abortion is healthcare. saaac continues to work to improve equitable access to quality abortion care in South Australia for all people.

While working to improve access, we will always respond when safe abortion healthcare comes under threat in SA. In October 2024, a Bill which sought to legislate forced birth was narrowly defeated in the South Australian Legislative Council.

In September 2025, another Bill which seeks to limit access to abortion will be introduced to the South Australian Legislative Council. As always, saaac stand ready to help ensure the Bill is defeated.

You can find two rigorously developed fact sheets about advanced gestation abortion and public opinion about abortion care below. There is more information in the Get The Facts section of this website.

saaac acknowledges that
we meet and do our work on the traditional lands of the Kaurna people and respect their spiritual relationship with their country
we acknowledge their ongoing presence on this land, their sovereignty, which has never been ceded, and the ongoing vitality and importance of their culture and heritage
we pay tribute to elders and leaders past, present and emerging – among all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
we pay our respects to the cultural authority of Aboriginal people from other lands and waters of South Australia and Australia.