OTTAWA, September 26, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — Abortion activists are pushing all provinces to offer free “universal access” to the abortion pill.
Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights has set the premiers’ conference in November as the deadline, CTV reported.
Mifegymiso, or RU-486, has been available in Canada since January 2017 and retails from $350 to $450, according to media reports.
The two-drug combination includes Mifepristone, which blocks progesterone and essentially starves the baby to death in utero, and Misoprostol, which is taken 24 to 48 hours later and induces labor to expel the dead baby.
New Brunswick, Ontario, and Alberta offer the abortion drug for free.
Quebec will do so this fall, and Nova Scotia in November.
Nova Scotia also announced Friday that it dropped its requirement for a doctor’s referral for surgical abortion at the Queen Elizabeth II Hospital in Halifax, and is setting up a provincial hotline where women can book abortion appointments.
This is the Liberal government’s response after it was hammered in August by the abortion lobby and media for allegedly having the worst abortion access in Canada.
Abortion activists are now targeting provinces that don’t provide “universal access” to the abortion
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