New Brunswick is the only province that does not fund abortion in standalone clinics – a policy health care advocates say limits abortion rights
New Brunswick is the only province that does not fund abortion in standalone clinics – a policy that health care advocates say is misogynistic and part of a long-standing legacy to limit abortion rights in the province.
“We’re not taking money for the sake of taking money,” said Guillaume Bertrand, a spokesperson for the federal Minister of Health Jean-Yves Duclos. “If provinces work with us to address the issue we’ll give them back the money.” The province only funds abortions in hospitals in Moncton and Bathurst, which Valerya Edelman of Clinic 554 says is a barrier for people coming from other parts of the province.
“They’re often in very dire circumstances and can’t afford the cost,” said Ms. Edelman. The $700 to $850 fees for a procedural abortion are often offset by donations from the National Abortion Federation and subsidized by Clinic 554 for patients that can’t afford to pay, she added.
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