RN PhD. Author ‘Abortion to Abolition: Reproductive Health and Justice in Canada’ @fernpub. Postdoc @cartgrac @UBCMedicine. Chair @WWHealthJustice. She/Her.
May 4, 2022 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
Yesterday’s announcement caused a lot of misinfo about abortion in Canada to circulate. Misinfo is a serious barrier to care, causing delays, complications and increased costs. Factual info supports patients and demystifies abortion care for clinicians, too. A thread:
PEI has comprehensive abortion services. Introduced in 2017, the program is located in Summerside (surgical and 💊) and Charlottetown (medication). RNs, NPs, family docs, OBGYNs on staff. Care to 12wks, & they will arrange care after that. Self refer:
1-844-365-8258
Aug 14, 2020 • 25 tweets • 10 min read
In light of the decades-long confusion over what is now called #Clinic554, “private clinics” and #AccessToAbortion in Atlantic Canada, here’s my thread. I provide abortion care now from a hospital-located clinic in NS, but years ago I escorted at Clinic 554 (then Morgentaler). 1/
Abortion was completely decriminalized in Canada in 1988. Since then, barriers are largely about affordability & accessibility (mainly due to few willing providers & the giant geography of Canada). Approval of Mifegymiso in 2017, prescribable by any FP/NP, improved access tons 2/
