A history of Planned Parenthood

The Planned Parenthood of Australia Group was started by Dr David Grundmann in 1983, when abortion services for women in Australia were extremely limited and virtually non existent in Queensland. Dr Grundmann began providing abortion services with Dr Bertram Wainer in Melbourne in 1976. He has devoted his entire medical career to this very special area of health care and is a former President of ISAD (The International Society of Abortion Doctors).

At that time the only clinic in Queensland was in Brisbane . Women living in country areas had to go to Brisbane if they wanted to have a termination of pregnancy. This meant that only wealthy women, who could afford to travel, or women living in the local Brisbane area could obtain an abortion, and poor women in remote areas were severely disadvantaged.

The first Planned Parenthood of Australia clinic was started in Townsville in North Queensland in April 1983. Townsville is approximately as far north of Brisbane as Melbourne is south. We started in a small building close to the centre of Townsville, the main hospital  train and bus routes. Almost immediately we were busy with women coming to the clinic from as far away as Papua New Guinea, Weipa and Mt. Isa, knowing they could talk to a counsellor and have a safe abortion in a day surgery environment for an affordable fee. Telephone Number Townsville 07 4772 5333

In 1987 the Rockhampton clinic was opened so as to better serve the needs of women from the central Queensland area. Rockhampton is about half way between Brisbane and Townsville. Telephone Number Rockhampton 07 7922 2755

In 1990 we opened the Brisbane Campbell Street Surgicentre,  clinic which is now the specialist centre for mid trimester abortions in Australia. This clinic sees patients from as far away as New Zealand, Perth and Melbourne. Telephone Number Brisbane 07 3257 1205

In 1994 we opened the Newcastle clinic in N.S.W. The Lambton Rd Day Surgery  was the first privately owned abortion facility in Australia to gain licensing and accreditation with the Australian Council of Health Care Standards. Telephone Number Newcastle 02 4957 5669

In 2000 we opened our latest clinic in the Medical precinct of Southport Gold Coast. The Southport Surgicentre  telephone Number Gold Coast 07 5527 1511

All Planned Parenthood of Australia clinics are involved with studies related to the provision of abortion care as well as developing various training programs for Doctors, Medical students and Nurses. Dr. David Grundmann operates at all sites and has been providing abortion care and services since 1976. He is the past president of the Abortion Providers Federation of Australia which is an organisation that represents abortion providers in Australia and is dedicated to the provision of safe, legal, affordable abortion care for all Australian women.