New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ABORTION LAW REFORM ACT 2019 - SECT 7

7 Requirement for information about counselling

(1) Before performing a termination on a person under section 5, a medical practitioner must--

(a) assess whether or not it would be beneficial to discuss with the person accessing counselling about the proposed termination, and

(b) if, in the medical practitioner's assessment, it would be beneficial and the person is interested in accessing counselling, provide all necessary information to the person about access to counselling, including publicly-funded counselling.

(2) Before performing a termination on a person under section 6, a specialist medical practitioner must provide all necessary information to the person about access to counselling, including publicly-funded counselling.

(3) A medical practitioner may, in an emergency, perform a termination on a person without complying with subsection (1) or (2).