OTTAWA—Health Canada says more than 4,000 prescriptions for abortion pill Mifegymiso were dispensed in 2017. Canadian pharmacies doled out 4,253 doses of the drug, which was first marketed in January of that year. The information comes from a response to an order paper question posed by Conservative MP Arnold Viersen earlier this year. Read more:Abortion pill out of reach for many Nova Scotia women because doctors’ can’t bill province for it

Source: thestar April 27, 2018 17:37 UTC