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Canada’s pharmacare bill is now law. What this means for you

Global News, Oct. 11, 2024

Now that Bill C-64 is law, the pharmacare plan will provide coverage for certain diabetes treatments and contraception in provinces that reach agreements with the federal government.

These agreements will support reproductive freedom by providing up to nine million women and gender diverse people in Canada free access to contraception, Holland says.

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Are Reproductive Rights on the Ballot This Election?

The Tyee, Sept. 26, 2024

“Saying we’re not going to do anything to me is a huge red flag, because there’s so much more work that needs to be done. We need leadership on reproductive health,” he said. “We don’t need people who are simply not wanting to talk about the topic and are content with the current situation.”

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Campaign urges Senate to implement universal free prescription contraception

The Martlet, Sept. 12, 2024

In a statement to the Martlet, the Ministry of Health stated that in the first year of the free prescription contraception program, 226 000 people accessed contraceptives, and approximately 252 000 people in the first 15 months.

The Ministry of Health also provided a breakdown by type of contraceptives for the first 15 months of the program, during which 152 200 patients accessed hormonal pills, 48 200 accessed hormonal IUDs, 9 500 patients had hormonal injections, 7 500 received a copper IUD, 7 400 had an implant, and 2 000 received a vaginal ring. 

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Free prescription birth control to start in Manitoba on Oct. 1

CBC News, August 22, 2024

Birth control will become free for all Manitobans with a prescription as of Oct. 1, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced on Thursday.

The Manitoba pharmacare program will cover the full cost of about 60 commonly used birth control products, including the pill, intrauterine devices, hormone injections and others.

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Saanich councillor wins award in Ottawa for free contraception campaign

Saanich News, April 16, 2024

A group founded by a Saanich councillor and a local sexual health advocate is being recognized at the national level for the work done by the organization to bring free prescription contraception to B.C.

Coun. Teale Phelps Bondaroff and AccessBC co-founder Devon Black were jointly awarded the Jack Layton Progress Prize at the Broadbent Institute’s summit in Ottawa held last week between April 10 and 12 for the organization’s successful campaign.

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Liberals and New Democrats reach a deal on pharmacare

CBC News, February 23, 2024

Singh said the coverage will be "universal" and work "very much like the system that's actually been rolled out in [British Columbia] for example for contraceptives." He said "a wide class of contraceptives" will be covered, "including [Intrauterine devices], prescription contraceptives and the emergency contraception that people take."

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How a free contraception campaign turned into a national movement

Saanich News, Nov. 2, 2023

It’s no easy feat to launch a campaign that successfully makes changes to government legislation. That’s why when Devon Black found out her campaign for free prescription contraception had achieved its goal in 2023, she was flooded with emotion.

“I cried,” Black said. “It felt really incredible. The reason we kept going on as long as we did was because people kept telling us how important this was. People would say over and over again, ‘I know friends who want IUDs and can’t afford them,’ or ‘I personally have struggled with access to contraception.’”

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British Columbia’s coverage of contraceptives should inspire the rest of North America

The Conversation,

April 10, 2023

As of April 1, 2023 all residents of British Columbia gained access to free prescription contraception. This includes the birth control pill, injections and implants, IUDs and emergency contraception known as Plan B or the “morning after” pill.

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B.C. begins to rollout free prescription contraceptives for all residents

CHEK News, April 1, 2023

The province has begun offering free prescription contraceptives to all British Columbia residents. B.C.’s Finance Minister Katrine Conroy announced last month that the province would commit $119 million for three years of free prescription contraceptives to all residents as part of the B.C. Budget.

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The grassroots movement that made contraception free in B.C.

Vancouver Sun, March 5, 2023

When prescription contraceptives become free starting April 1, it will be the culmination of an effort begun seven years ago by a grassroots group called AccessBC that had its start in a Vancouver Island kitchen as a back-of-the-envelope rough idea.

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B.C. to make contraception free — a first in Canada

CBC News, March 1, 2023

On April 1, B.C. will become the first Canadian jurisdiction to make prescription contraception free for all residents, including oral pills, injections, IUDs and the morning-after pill Plan B. Some are hoping other provinces will follow suit.

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