Prohibitive costs, limited services, and stigma make obtaining abortion care challenging, say some physicians

Cali McTavish · CBC News
Mar 03, 2025

A Yukon woman is raising the alarm about the cost and difficulty of accessing abortion medication in the territory.

Jane Doe says she had to seek an abortion through the emergency room, because the Opal clinic — the territory's only dedicated abortion services provider — is only open one day a week, for four hours.  Jane Doe is a pseudonym. CBC is not disclosing her identity for personal safety reasons.

That day, she says, she was left waiting, watching other patients come and go, until a female doctor was on shift — even though she hadn't asked to be seen by a female doctor.

Continued: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-woman-shines-light-on-the-cracks-in-abortion-access-in-the-territory-1.7472276