SPHERE Coalition statements

The SPHERE Coalition has developed a series of position statements that have impacted several key policy decisions on issues that affect women’s reproductive choices.

• 10 December 2024: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement calling for the removal of an advertising restriction for important Australian abortion care services via Google

• 12 July 2023: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on the use of telehealth for contraception and abortion care

• 7 July 2023: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on COVID treatment and hormonal contraception

• 11 May 2022: SPHERE coalition’s position statement on Roe v Wade

• 20 July 2022: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on increasing access to effective contraception in Australia

• 6 December 2021: An update on SPHERE coalition’s statement on the provision of long-acting reversible contraception during the COVID-19 pandemic

• 8 November 2021: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on achieving equitable access to abortion care in regional, rural and remote Australia

• 13 July 2021: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on reproductive coercion

• 11 May 2021: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on implementation and monitoring of the National Women’s Health Strategy 2020-2023: ‘maternal, sexual and reproductive health’ priority area

• 26 April 2021: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on 52mg Levonorgestrel releasing IUD as emergency contraception

• 2 February 2021: An update on SPHERE coalition’s advice for GPs: Shortage of norethisterone-containing pills in Australia

• 1 December 2020: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on publicly funded abortion service provision: a duty of care

• 14 September 2020: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on nurse and midwife-led provision of mifepristone and misoprostol for the purposes of early medical abortion

• 24 August 2020: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on the provision of emergency contraception

• 17 August 2020: SPHERE coalition’s consensus statement on contraceptive method considerations for individuals with active COVID-19 infection

• 7 August 2020: SPHERE coalition’s advice for GPs: Shortage of norethisterone-containing pills in Australia

• 30 June 2020: SPHERE coalition’s statement on the use of telehealth to provide early medical abortion during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

•  9 June 2020: SPHERE coalition’s statement on the provision of long-acting reversible contraception during COVID-19 pandemic

• 25 May 2020: SPHERE coalition’s statement on evidence-based practice and policy recommendations regarding early medical abortion

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