Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he would leave it up to the New Brunswick government to decide how to provide and fund abortion services if he becomes prime minister. O'Toole accused the federal Liberals of hypocrisy for calling on the province to fund a service at a private clinic when it is already offered in three hospitals. On the other hand, New Brunswick is the only province that refuses to fund abortions in such a clinic, he said. The Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont University Hospital Centre in Moncton is one of three hospitals in New Brunswick that offer abortions funded by Medicare. Clinic 554 announced in 2019 it would soon close, blaming the province's refusal to fund abortions at the facility.

Source: CBC News July 30, 2021 18:00 UTC