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- 5/3/2022
Launch national pharmacare with free birth control, NDP pitches
Singh says one of the things the government can do immediately to improve reproductive rights in Canada is to make contraceptives free and accessible as part of a national pharmacare plan. - 5/3/2022
Early transgender identity tends to endure, study suggests
The research involved 317 youngsters who were 3 to 12 years old when they were recruited to the study. - 5/3/2022
Liberals looking at Canada Health Act to ensure abortion right protected: Trudeau
During the election, the Liberals promised to introduce regulations under the Canada Health Act to ensure abortion services were clearly medically necessary and to be publicly funded. - 5/2/2022
Royal College threatens to withdraw accreditation if improvements aren't made at 3 Canadian medical training programs
The college had given the university a deadline of two years to improve the situation. - 5/2/2022
Health minister says 7 of 250 surgeries transferred out of Red Deer, Alta., hospital
AHS confirmed it had to divert the patients to other care centres in central Alberta or to Edmonton and Calgary due primarily to a shortage of clinical assistants who help in the surgeries. - 5/2/2022
P.E.I. chiropractors want to be able to order x-rays directly: association
Chris McCarthy, the association's president said that requiring patients to go to their family doctors for requisitions for x-rays slows down their care. - 5/2/2022
U.S. court's plan to overturn abortion rights could exacerbate inequities in Canada
While the decision from the Supreme Court of the United States has not yet been finalized, Arthur said those working in the field have for the past several years expected Roe v. Wade would eventually be overturned. - 5/2/2022
Report: U.S. Supreme Court draft suggests Roe v. Wade could be overturned
Whatever the outcome, the Politico report late Monday represents an extremely rare breach of the court's secretive deliberation process, and on a case of surpassing importance.