Abbreviations and acronyms

Abbreviations and acronyms

ACARA

Australian Curriculum and Reporting Agency

ACCHO

Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

ACM

Australian College of Midwives

ACN

Australian College of Nursing

ACT

Australian Capital Territory

AHMRC

Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW

ALHR

Australian Lawyers for Human Rights

AMA

Australian Medical Association

ANMF

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

ANU Hub

Australian National University Law Reform and Social Justice Research Hub

ART

assisted reproductive technologies

ARTG

Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods

AusCAPPS

Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support Network

CALD

culturally and linguistically diverse

Commission

Australian Human Rights Commission

COCP

combined oral contraceptive pill

committee

Community Affairs References Committee

Consensus Statement

Consensus Statement on Management of Intersex Disorders

CSE

comprehensive sexuality education

CSRE

comprehensive sexuality and relationships education

Department

Department of Health and Aged Care

EM

endorsed midwife

EN

enrolled nurse

Fay Gale Centre

Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender at the University of Adelaide

FPAA

Family Planning Alliance Australia

FPNSW

Family Planning NSW

FNWLSQ

First Nations Women Legal Services Queensland, Inc.

GP

general practitioner

Health Insurance Act

Health Insurance Act 1973

Human Cloning Act

Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002

ICF

in vitro fertilisation

IUD

intrauterine devices

LARC

LGBTIQA+

long-acting reversible contraception/contraceptive

lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender, intersex, queer, asexual, and other sexuality, gender, and bodily diverse

LGBTIQ+ or LGBTQI+

lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans/transgender,

intersex, queer and other sexuality, gender, and bodily diverse

LGBTQIA2S+

lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and/or questioning, intersex, asexual, Two-Spirit

MBS

Medicare Benefits Schedule

MBS Fee

Medicare Benefits Schedule Fee

MCWH

Multicultural Centre for Women's Health

NACCHO

National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Network

International Student Sexual Health Network

NHMRC

National Health and Medical Research Council

NHRA

National Health Reform Agreement

NSW

New South Wales

NT

Northern Territory

OCP

oral contraceptive pill

PBAC

Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee

PBS

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Pharmacy Guild

The Pharmacy Guild of Australia

QLD

Queensland

QNMU

Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union

RACGP

Royal Australian College of General Practitioners

RANZCOG

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Reproductive Justice Report

Towards Reproductive Justice for young women, girls, feminine identifying, and non-binary people with disability (YWGwD)

RN

registered nurse

SA

South Australia

SECCA

Sexuality Education Counselling Consultancy Agency

STIs

Sexually Transmitted Illnesses

terminations

pregnancy terminations

TGA

Therapeutic Goods Administration

the Department

Department of Health and Aged Care

the Review

National Scope of Practice Review

TRRH

True Relationships and Reproductive Health

WA

Western Australia

WHISE

Women’s Health in the South East

Women’s Health Strategy

National Women’s Health Strategy 2020–2030

YEP

Youth Educating Peers