Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1967-2020 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
39 boxes, 2 albums.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Children by Choice Association Qld. was formed in Brisbane in 1972 by the Abortion Law Reform Association (ALRA) to provide unplanned pregnancy counselling and assistance for women. Children by Choice soon re-located to its own premises and began operating independently from the ALRA. In the 1970s, the organisation provided referrals to doctors at St Anne’s Hospital in Sydney, the closest and safest place for Queensland women to receive an abortion, and campaigned for legislative change to decriminalise abortion. The service received no government funding until the early 1990s, following the election of the Goss Labor government. In 2006, Children by Choice was one of the key organisations that successfully campaigned to remove the ban on importing RU486, the so-called ‘abortion drug’, into Australia. This paved the way for the introduction of medication abortion services into Queensland and then other Australian states. After the decrimalisation of abortion in Queensland in 2018, Children by Choice continued to advocate for equitable abortion access across the State.
Repository
Archival history
Collection previously titled as: Records, 1967-1999.
Collection alternatively titled as: Children By Choice Association Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection is comprised of the organisation records of the Brisbane based organisation, Children by Choice. It includes annual general meeting agendas and minutes, annual reports, correspondence, leaflets, media releases, papers, talks and submissions, subject files, records relating to funding, newspaper cuttings and photographs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Unrestricted access, except access to Box 5 Folder 27 is restricted. Application for access to restricted material may be submitted to the Fryer Librarian for consideration.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright applies.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Material in this collection has been cited in:
Byrnes, Cassandra (2022). Conservative sex: a history of abortion, contraception, and sexual health in Queensland, 1960-1989 . PhD Thesis, School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, The University of Queensland. doi.org/10.14264/d4fc2cf
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma MMS ID
Millennium Local System Number
OCLC Number
Libraries Australia ID
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Children by Choice Association Qld. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation revision deletion
Revised, AM, 09-Oct-2023.
Revised, JH, 2-Dec-2022.
Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.