Information and make money off it, has created accidental dystopia. they are taking our data and saying, they will give us an exchange, useful products. we get that, but we are not thinking about the other things in the way that data can be used, it is surveillance capitalism and we are starting to pay the price for it. the ruling by the supreme court last week has led to worldwide demonstrations. protests are expected in france today and thousands of australians demonstrated earlier against the us supreme court s ruling on abortion. as in the united states now, in australia, abortion laws are set by states. earlier i spoke with doctor ronli sifris, deputy director of the caston centre for human rights law at monash university in melbourne. i asked her about the status of abortion rights in australia.
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In victoria it is available on request up to 2a weeks gestation. that is quite a big difference and what we have seen, as was a leader to in thejoe biden speech, we have seen people travelling across state lines where necessary to access abortion in more liberaljurisdictions. so that does still exist here in australia, although not to the extent it will exist in the us. now that roe vs wade has been overturned. but access issues go far beyond the law. even though australian laws are by and large quite progressive, there are still issues in the form of financial obstacles to access. most abortions in australia are provided at the private level rather than at the public level, which renders them unaffordable
For many women, to be honest. we also have an urban versus rural divide. if you live in a big city like melbourne or sydney, it is easier to access abortion but if you live in a rural area it is more challenging, particularly if there is only one doctor in town and that doctor has a conscientious objection to abortion. really interesting to get your thoughts and insights, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. russian state media is reporting that two british men have been charged with what it describes as mercenary activities by moscow backed separatists in eastern ukraine. dylan healy is said to have been helping as a volunteer aid worker when he was taken prisoner in april. russia says andrew hill, from plymouth, surrendered to their forces in the same month. the uk foreign office said it
Regress and re criminalise abortion. there is a sense that australians must remain constantly vigilant to a place where abortion is once again a crime. in addition to there being a sense of i guess fear, as he put it, i think another key motivation for the protests is a sense of solidarity with people in the us and a feeling of wanting to reach out and stand with them at this very distressing time, to be honest. tell us more, if you would, about what women s experience of trying to access an abortion in australia is like? yes, thankfully australia generally has fairly liberal abortion laws. other because it is regulated at the state level there are differences between the jurisdictions. for example, in tasmania abortion is available on request up to 16 weeks gestation.