Join Children by Choice for the 2024 Conference on Reproductive Rights & Abortion

The Reproductive Rights and Abortion Conference, is where experts and advocates come together to discuss and defend the crucial rights of individuals to make informed choices about their reproductive health and access safe abortion services. Join us in exploring the complexities and advancements in this vital field.

Please note that the venue details will be sent with your registration confirmation.

Keynote Speakers

Dr Carol Portman, Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist and Obstetrician.

Dr Carol Portmann is an Australian trained obstetrician and gynaecologist specialising in Maternal Fetal Medicine and has a Masters of applied science in prenatal genetics and Fetal medicine from University College of London.

Carol advocated for women to be able to receive timely pregnancy option counselling and care and was involved in the move to change the law regarding termination of pregnancy in Queensland. Carol worked with Marie Stopes Australia providing medical and surgical termination of pregnancy and contraception for 10 years until 2023. She now works primarily in private obstetric and gynaecology ultrasound, and is a committee member and examiner for RANZCOG Maternal Fetal Medicine.

Isabelle Oderberg, Journalist and Author.

Isabelle is currently the Deputy CEO of the Public Interest Journalism Initiative after a long career with the mainstream media at AAP, Reuters, Dow Jones Newswire, and Newscorp. She is also a published author. Her first book is Hard to Bear: Investigating the science and silence of miscarriage. She has written for Meanjin, The Guardian, ArtsHub, Beat Magazine, The Age & SMH and more. She was a founding committee member of Women In Media Victoria, a board member at the Melbourne Press Club and Quills judge for five years and has lectured extensively in journalism. 

Conference Program Overview

Conference Opening:

• Jill McKay CEO, Children by Choice
• Welcome to Country: Songwoman Maroochy
• Address from Hon Ged Kearney MP – Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care
• Address from Hon Shannon Fentiman MP – Minister for Health, Mental Health and Ambulance Services and Minister for Women

Plenary sessions:

• ‘Exploring pregnancy options within Indigenous culture and communities’
• ‘Abortion Advocacy and Activism’.

Breakout room session include:

• Models of Abortion Care
• Inclusive and Affirming Practice
• Reproductive Coercion & Abuse
• Conscientious Objection
• Challenges & Innovations is Rural Reproductive Health.

Tickets

Full price from 1 July – 7th August: $949.00

First Nations delegates and Students: $445.00

First Nations Health Worker/Young Person under 25: $200.00

Speakers:: $699

Questions?

If you have any questions regarding our Reproductive Rights & Abortion Conference, please contact us at events@childrenbychoice.org.au