A recently-passed abortion ban in Alabama wonB次元官网网址檛 affect womenB次元官网网址檚 access to services here in Canada, a University of British Columbia professor says.
Dr. Ellen Wiebe said that unlike in America where there are laws governing abortion access, B次元官网网址渨e have no abortion law here in Canada.B次元官网网址�
B次元官网网址淎bortion is a medical procedure and itB次元官网网址檚 regulated in the medical field,B次元官网网址� said Wiebe, who is also the medical director at the Willow WomenB次元官网网址檚 Clinic.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters in France Thursday he regrets the choices U.S. lawmakers made.
Trudeau re-affirmed his own pro-choice stance and said Canada would remain unequivocal in its defence of a womanB次元官网网址檚 right to end a pregnancy.
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Abortions became legal in Canada in 1988, with no limits, although some doctors and hospitals do not provide, or are not equipped, for later-term abortions.
In B.C., medical abortion are available up to nine weeks and procedures using the drug Mifegymiso became free in early 2018.
Alabama legislators gave final approval this week to a ban that would make abortion a felony punishable by 99 years in jail. There was no exception made for rape or incest.
Earlier this year, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio and Georgia approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can occur in about the sixth week of pregnancy B次元官网网址� before many women know theyB次元官网网址檙e pregnant.
Wiebe said she doesnB次元官网网址檛 expect any B次元官网网址渁bortion tourismB次元官网网址� to come to Canada, as most women will choose to either the west or east coast in America, where laws are more lax.
B次元官网网址淏utB次元官网网址檚 terrible they would have to travel away from their own homes. ItB次元官网网址檚 so discriminatory for people who are poor, people who have trouble getting off work and daycare,B次元官网网址� Wiebe said.
Wiebe said the abortion bans in the U.S. will negatively affect womenB次元官网网址檚 health care as a whole, as abortion providers like Planned Parenthood also provide contraception, cancer screens and other medical care.
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B次元官网网址淭here will be more unplanned pregnancies,B次元官网网址� Wiebe said, as well as more B次元官网网址榗oathangerB次元官网网址� abortions.
B次元官网网址淧eople will be desperate and they will try to do it themselves,B次元官网网址� she said.
B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 very glad that we live in Canada.B次元官网网址�
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