ASC Annual Report 2020 [pdf, 1019 KB]
...Committee7 In this case before the High Court, the Committee’s ability to grant a licence to a clinic that would perform only early medical abortions was the subject of challenge. Right to Life argued that the Act required any clinic to be resourced (including with the necessary personnel) to provide surgical abortions, even though the licensee sought to provide only early medical abortions. The Judge accepted the Committee’s submission that the Act should be interpreted so as t...