WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is going to provide universal access to the abortion pill Mifegymiso, a move that will leave Saskatchewan as the lone province where the cost of the drug is not fully covered by the public. Rochelle Squires, minister responsible for the status of women, said making the drug easier to access will benefit women who want to stay in their home communities. “Our analysis shows that it is more cost-effective for women to stay in their own community to access reproductive health services, where possible,” Squires told The Canadian Press on Saturday. Some Saskatchewan pharmacies said Mifegymiso is usually ordered as needed, rather than stocked, and could be brought in within a day. Advocates have been pressuring Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government to make the drug more widely available, as other provinces have done since Mifegymiso became available two years ago.

Source: National Post June 01, 2019 19:18 UTC