N.L. close to announcing funding plan on abortion pill, health minister says
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. — Health Minister John Haggie says Newfoundland and Labrador is close to announcing a plan on provincial funding for the abortion pill.
Haggie says he wants counselling services in place as part of “a comprehensive package that we would deliver across the province” before announcing a decision on Mifegymiso funding.
The two-drug combination terminates pregnancies of up to nine weeks, as an alternative to surgical methods that are currently covered by the province.
The federally approved medical abortion drug has been at least partially covered by every other Canadian province.