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Australian Associated Press • 14th February 2022

Senator blowing hot air with climate science denial

False. Numerous scientific bodies and studies have found an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere has changed the climate. There is no evidence carbon dioxide directly causes any change in the climate. One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts claims there is “no empirical evidence that directly links CO2 as the direct cause of any change in climate”.

Australian Associated Press • 28th January 2022

Great Barrier Reef ‘record coral’ claim is all at sea

Mostly False. Average coral cover reached near-historical highs in 2020-21, but none of the three major regions had record cover. All three major regions of the Great Barrier Reef have never had more coral on them. Despite ongoing concerns about the health of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, one controversial scientist claims the World Heritage site is in no need of saving.

The Sydney Morning Herald • 16th July 2021

Medical minefield: the murky world of Instagram advertising

The chief financial officer of Facebook, which owns Instagram, has said the rise in ad revenue during the second quarter of 2020 was primarily driven by small and medium-sized businesses. “In the last year, Instagram has radically pushed into pitching itself as the space of small business,” Professor Leaver says. “They spent the entire pandemic saying ‘we are the saviour of small business’ and you can basically run an entire business through Instagram and not need any other infrastructure.”

Buzzfeed • 16th March 2020

Women Who Feel Ignored By Their Doctors Are Turning To An Instagram Tea Released By A Model

Sydney model agency owner Brigitte Warne’s health rapidly deteriorated after she came off the oral contraceptive pill to start a family. She developed cystic acne, her hair began falling out, and “vicious cycles of severe anxiety” made her withdraw from her friends and family.

Buzzfeed • 6th February 2020

Australian Doctors Can Already Turn Away Women Seeking Contraception Or An Abortion. What Will The Religious Discrimination Bill Do?

Doctors in Australia can already object on religious grounds to providing contraception and abortion. In fact, several doctors have signs in their offices outlining that they will not see patients about contraception, abortion, sterilisation or in-vitro fertilisation. Religious hospitals, too, can turn away patients with these needs. But that hasn’t stopped the government moving forward with its religious discrimination bill.

Buzzfeed • 23rd April 2019

Here’s What You Need To Know About Endometriosis And Fertility

More than 700,000 Australian women have endometriosis, in which cells similar to those that line the uterus grow outside of the uterus, leading to all sorts of symptoms including debilitating pain.

Buzzfeed • 3rd February 2019

We Need To Talk About The Abortion Myth Male Politicians Keep Perpetuating

Staunch anti-abortion federal senator Barry O'Sullivan this week made a speech in which he perpetuated what women's health providers say is the "biggest myth" about abortion in Australia. The Toowoomba LNP senator moved a motion to condemn Queensland government for its proposed legislation to decriminalise abortion, which he said liberalised abortion in his home state "all the way through to late-term partial-birth abortion".

Buzzfeed • 4th February 2019

These Doctors Have The Facts On IUD Side Effects So Please Don’t Remove It Yourself

In a random 24-hour period this week dozens of women have described their nausea, breast tenderness, anxiety, hurting joints, fatigue, inability to exercise, sore neck, weight gain, depression, infertility, mood swings, bleeding and psoriasis which they are convinced is the fault of their hormonal intrauterine devices (IUD). This is not an unusual level of activity in the many private Facebook groups where thousands of Australian women gather every day to share stories and advice about their IUD

Buzzfeed • 4th February 2019

Let's Talk About What An Abortion For "Social" Reasons Can Actually Mean

Australian Christian Lobby Queensland director Wendy Francis could not clearly define what an abortion for "social reasons" actually was. "It's a very good question," Francis told BuzzFeed News. "Social reasons does not preclude any reason is my understanding. "Social reasons are acceptable for abortion at any stage of pregnancy."

Buzzfeed • 3rd February 2019

An Aussie Mother Nearly Bled To Death. Here's Why Doctors Stand By The Contraceptive That Almost Killed Her.

Hormonal IUDs make up just 1.9% of the contraceptives prescribed by GPs in Australia, while oral contraceptives account for 68%. There have been 968,000 Mirenas inserted over the past 10 years in Australia, with 754 adverse affect reports to the Therapeutic Goods Administration, of which 205 were pregnancy-related reports.

Buzzfeed • 2nd February 2019

This Is What Reproductive Health Experts Think About The Comments Section On Abortion Stories

Dr. Philip Goldstone, medical director for Marie Stopes International, Australia's largest provider of pregnancy termination services, said the majority of women who seek an abortion are using some form of contraception at the time of conception, and yet the idea that a woman was "either too lazy or ignorant to access contraception" persists. "Over half of all abortions are performed on patients who were actively trying not to get pregnant," Goldstone told BuzzFeed News.

Buzzfeed • 3rd February 2019

Here's Why Mamamia Just Deleted An Article About Abortion

The article quotes Julie Cook, national director of "Abortion Grief Australia", and directs people to the organisation's website, which has no affiliation with any medical organisation, but offers resources on how a woman might seek forgiveness from God for terminating her pregnancy. Mamamia, which claims it attracts 75 million content views every month, did not respond to questions about whether the author received payment for the piece, or whether it was a sponsored post in which the author p

Buzzfeed • 4th February 2019

All Women Need To Know About This New Law That Could Impact Reproductive Rights

A bill currently before New South Wales parliament is either a well meaning legislative attempt to offer grieving families justice, or an insidious attack on safe and legal abortion access by a religious zealot. It just depends on who you ask.

Buzzfeed • 19th April 2019

Claims On These Anti-Abortion Flyers Are "Nonsensical", Doctors Say

Share On more Share On more The flyers, created by anti-abortion lobby group Cherish Life and put in letterboxes around Brisbane's north, claim if Labor wins at next month's federal election, abortion will be "legal until birth for any reason right around Australia". "These claims are complete rubbish," Plibersek told BuzzFeed News. "This group is stuffing people's letterboxes with baseless lies." Labor last month announced a $9.5 million sexual and reproductive health strategy for cheaper and

Buzzfeed • 3rd February 2019

We Need To Talk About This New Argument For Keeping Abortion A Crime

As Queensland inches towards removing abortion from its criminal code, federal anti-abortion politicians have weighed into the debate. Senator Cory Bernardi last week took to the floor of the Senate to talk about sex selective abortion, ahead of voting in support of a motion moved by Toowoomba senator Barry O'Sullivan to condemn the Queensland government for its proposed legislation to decriminalise abortion.

Buzzfeed • 3rd February 2019

These Young Transgender People Want The Prime Minister To Know "Gender Whispering" Is Not A Thing

He linked to a Daily Telegraph article that revealed teachers were being "trained to identify potential transgender children in the classroom" and that this had contributed to a surge in the number of kids presenting at gender dysphoria clinics. BuzzFeed News spoke to some transgender young people and the mother of a transgender boy about how the prime minister's tweet made them feel.

Buzzfeed • 3rd February 2019

Let Me Count The Ways I Tried To Talk To George Christensen About Abortion

Christensen wrote to treasurer Scott Morrison to ask that $9.5 million allocated to an international family planning organisation be redirected to pregnancy counselling services for young Australian mothers. At an anti-abortion rally in Queensland he encouraged the crowd to take action against that state's government, which is set to reintroduce legislation to decriminalise abortion once it receives recommendations from the Law Reform Commission.

Buzzfeed • 4th February 2019

We Asked Doctors Every Question This Queer Couple Has About Getting Pregnant

“I love this concept that babies can accidentally happen,” Georgia tells BuzzFeed News. The 33-year-old Sydney woman wants to start a family with her partner Max, a 31-year-old trans guy. The couple, both using pseudonyms to protect their privacy, want to conceive over the next few years but have found very little information online to help them in their decision-making process. “At the moment it is a pretty intense process and having healthcare professionals that you trust is important.”

Buzzfeed • 2nd February 2019

This Is What It Is Actually Like To Have An IUD Inserted And Removed

Share On more Share On more Hormonal IUDs are inserted into your uterus where they release a small amount of progestin (a synthetic version of a naturally-occurring hormone progesterone) which thickens the cervical mucus, making it a hostile environment for sperm, so they can't get up there to reach the egg. First up, here are some things you should know before getting an IUD. People are often confused ("Is that the female condom thing?"); surprised ("I thought only mothers could get one?")

Buzzfeed • 2nd February 2019

Here's What's Actually Inside The Bags Being Handed To Abortion Clinic Patients By Religious Picketers

The bags contain tissues, a single sachet of tea, a Starburst fruit chew, a single Mentos, plastic rosary beads, argan oil hair treatment, and multiple brochures which redirect women with unwanted pregnancies to crisis pregnancy counselling.