N.B. group launches campaign for medicare coverage of abortions at clinics
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick has become Canada’s latest abortion battleground, as a lobby group pressures the provincial government to fund the procedure at private clinics.
The government said Thursday it won’t cover abortions outside three hospitals, even before Reproductive Justice New Brunswick officially launched its campaign urging them to expand funding.
The group’s spokeswoman, Allison Webster, said New Brunswick is the only province where abortions are available in clinics but not covered by medicare.
She said Premier Brian Gallant vowed during the 2014 election campaign to remove all barriers to abortion access, and they want the Liberal government to follow through.