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Nearly 50 refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru are being denied overseas medical treatment by Nauruan authorities despite doctors’ recommendations.

Three pregnant women have not been allowed to leave the island to terminate pregnancies, as the overseas medical referral committee that approves or denies overseas medical transfers is restricted by Nauru’s prohibition against abortion. Since 2015 the Australian government has mandated that pregnant women in offshore detention should give birth there, as many women obtained court injunctions against being returned to detention once they arrived in Australia for treatment.

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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper