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National Post<\/em><\/p>\n

Manisha Krishnan<\/p>\n

CALGARY – A doctor at a Calgary walk-in clinic is refusing to prescribe birth control due to her personal beliefs.<\/p>\n

Dr. Chantal Barry will not prescribe contraception, a receptionist at the\u00a0Westglen Medical Centre confirmed. Patients looking for birth control are provided a list of other offices in the city that prescribe it.<\/p>\n

Westglen only has one doctor available to walk-in patients at any given time, so a sign at the facility’s front desk reads, “The physician on duty today will not prescribe the birth control pill.”<\/p>\n

“I was shocked and outraged,” said Joan Chand’oiseau, 45, who saw the sign while attending an appointment with her gynecologist Tuesday. Ms. Chand’oiseau immediately posted a photo of the sign on Facebook, prompting angry responses from several of her friends.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think her belief system should have any part in my reproductive health,” she said.<\/p>\n

Under the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta’s policy on Moral or Religious Beliefs Affecting Medical Care<\/a>, doctors can refuse to provide medical services, but must ensure the patient is offered timely access to those services from another practitioner. . . [Full text<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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