Canada – What is abortion access like in the NWT?

Emily Blake
Thursday November 28, 2024

While many people face challenges accessing healthcare in the North, advocates say a program is helping people access reproductive choice and abortion services in the NWT.

The Northern Options for Women (or Now) Program has existed for more than a decade.

The confidential program offers pregnancy options counselling, ultrasound evaluation, abortion services, prescriptions for birth control after abortions, and referral to other support services to people experiencing unwanted or abnormal pregnancies and miscarriages.

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