Alice Springs women face long waits for IUD birth control | ABC NEWS
Women in Alice Springs say long wait times to access intra-uterine birth control devices, or IUDs, are forcing them to consider travelling interstate.
IUDs can be inserted by GPs, gynaecologists and family planning doctors, but in Alice Springs there are not enough local specialists
Elsie Lange reports for ABC News Northern Territory.
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