🔍 New BC study: 66% of pharmacies could dispense mifepristone (abortion pill) within 3 days + 12% offered a referral. But 23% did neither, which leaves patients to find care on their own.

📍Improving pharmacy referrals would improve access.
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#ReproSky #medicationabortion #PublicHealth

A cross-sectional survey in British Columbia, Canada, found 99% of reproductive-aged females lived within a 15-minute drive of a mifepristone-dispensing pharmacy, though 23% of pharmacies neither dispensed within 3 days nor provided a valid referral. ja.ma/3Li75MS

"Canada stands at a crossroads on pharmacare. Will we build a program that guarantees medication for all, or one that protects the profits of private insurers?

- @drlschummers.bsky.social, Frédérique Chabot, @enethery.bsky.social & Amanda Black

#pharmacare #cdnpoli

Here is what we stand to lose if we let private insurers write Canada’s pharmacare plan www.thestar.com/opinion/cont... @drlschummers.bsky.social @enethery.bsky.social @thestar.com

More news → CanadaHealthwatch.ca 🍁

Contraception users across Canada deserve access to free contraception.

Now is the time to implement national #pharmacare for #contraception in all provinces (not just BC, Manitoba, PEI and the Yukon)! #cdnpoli #reprosky #canadasky

theconversation.com/the-evidence...

Why is universal, first-dollar coverage for birth control so important?

New @bmj.com study in British Columbia finds that costs were a barrier to using the most effective forms of contraception. This has major implications for self-determination, cost of living, health and health care.

Hoping for a soft landing from the ashes of epitwitter.

Tx for the invite code
@doccourtney.bsky.social !