Publicly funded hospitals are using the cover of religion to opt out of providing reproductive care - and experts say it has created a ‘postcode lottery’ for access to services
The 1973 Roe and Wade decision has been recently overturned by the United States Supreme Court, throwing into disarray the hard-won right to have an abortion guaranteed by the United States Constitut
The US Supreme Court s decision to upend the landmark 1973 decision recognising abortion as a constitutional right demonstrates the need for vigilance in Australia, legal advocates say. The overturnin
Academic knowledge goes viral
The story that garnered the most interest from our audience in March was this piece on how “seriously ugly” Australia will look if the world heats by 3°C this century, by the University of Queensland’s Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Macquarie University’s Lesley Hughes. It was read 504,100 times!
Tim Stern from Victoria University of Wellington’s article about earthquakes in New Zealand was the second most-read of the month with 336,084 reads. Tim said, “Communicating our science out to a wide audience is part of our job, and your website is an excellent vehicle for this.”
On social media, Leah Ruppaner and Jordy Meekes from University of Melbourne’s piece on gender and flexible work arrangements attracted significant interest. It was included in a popular Instagram video by our Deputy Multimedia Editor Chynthia Wijaya, which became one of our most popular Facebook posts of the month, and was featured by LinkedIn News Australia.