The aim of this review is to synthesise primary research findings about factors that affect medical abortion provision by general practitioners, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists in Australia.

It is a mixed methods systematic review of peer-reviewed primary publications of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies of the provision of medical abortion in Australian primary care, 1 January 2013 – 18 January 2025. 

The paper concludes that a range of individual, service level, and system factors exacerbate the effects of geographic location and financial considerations on the provision of medical abortion in Australian primary care. 

The findings indicate that financial and structural support is needed for the geographic decentralisation of medical abortion training and services, the establishment of nurse-led models of care, and the integration of abortion care into primary care.