Dr. Jeff Sisler

Federal Health Minister tells all provinces to fund abortion care

Carly Weeks Health Reporter
Laura Stone Queen's Park Reporter
Published July 25, 2019

Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor is asking all provinces to remove abortion access barriers, saying she is concerned about policies and fees that are “out of step” with federal law.

However, her provincial counterparts in Ontario and New Brunswick – where some patients must pay to access abortion services, in a practice that abortion advocates have flagged as breaching federal health law – have swiftly rebuffed Ms. Petitpas Taylor’s request.

Continued: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-federal-health-minister-asking-all-provinces-to-remove-abortion-access/

'Reluctant to prescribe': Local clinic says women wait weeks to access abortion pill
The executive director of the SHORE Centres says many family doctors are still not prescribing the pill

Paula Duhatschek · CBC News
Posted: Jul 22, 2019

A local sexual health resource centre says it's experiencing so much demand for the abortion pill, Mifegymiso, that patients often must wait two to three weeks to get it.

Mifegymiso is the brand name for the combination of two pills that is used to terminate pregnancies—but only up to nine weeks along.

Continued: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/reluctant-to-prescribe-local-clinic-says-women-forced-to-wait-weeks-to-access-abortion-pill-1.5220512

Canada – Federal Health Minister tells all provinces to fund abortion care

Canada – ‘Reluctant to prescribe’: Local clinic says women wait weeks to access abortion pill