# “Too many abortions”: The growing push to wind back reproductive rights Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/7am-529740/too-many-abortions-the-growing-push-to-wind-back-reproductive-rights Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/7am-529740/too-many-abortions-the-growing-push-to-wind-back-reproductive-rights.md Podcast: [7am](https://stenobird.com/podcast/7am-529740) Published: 2026-06-21T19:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://omny.fm/shows/7am/too-many-abortions-the-growing-push-to-wind-back-reproductive-rights Audio file: https://p.podderapp.com/2544644999/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/2fb3740d-3436-44af-8cc0-a91900716aa5/62723a1f-3e96-4fc4-882c-b25e0181da4d/29c911ba-2f47-4aa4-a2c9-b46e00671601/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=70f29d90-2a63-48aa-bf8f-b25e0181da70 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/7am-529740/episodes/too-many-abortions-the-growing-push-to-wind-back-reproductive-rights Duration seconds: 988 ## Resource Anti-abortion activists say it was the most successful pro-life campaign in Australia - last week a bill to overturn abortion access after 25 weeks was voted through the upper house of South Australia’s parliament. It didn’t make it through the lower house, but women's advocates are still sounding the alarm amid a growing push against reproductive rights - led, in part, by One Nation. Pauline Hanson, once a supporter of a woman’s right to choose, has changed her tune, as her colleague Malcolm Roberts pushes for the party to adopt a blanket abortion ban. Today, writer, peer-support worker, and reproductive health advocate Hannah Bambra on the local and international forces looking wind back abortion access in Australia   If you enjoy 7am , the best way you can support us is by making a contribution at 7ampodcast.com.au/support .   Socials: Stay in touch with us on Instagram Guest: Writer & reproductive health advocate Hannah Bambra Photo:  AAP Image/Dean Lewins See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/7am-529740/episodes/too-many-abortions-the-growing-push-to-wind-back-reproductive-rights/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/7am-529740/too-many-abortions-the-growing-push-to-wind-back-reproductive-rights.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.