‘Reluctant to prescribe’: Local clinic says women wait weeks to access abortion pill

The executive director of the SHORE Centres says many family doctors are still not prescribing the pill

CBC News

Paula Duhatschek

A local sexual health resource centre says it’s experiencing so much demand for the abortion pill, Mifegymiso, that patients often must wait two to three weeks to get it. 

Mifegymiso is the brand name for the combination of two pills that is used to terminate pregnancies—but only up to nine weeks along. . .[Full text]