{"id":13536,"date":"2005-03-01T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T01:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13536"},"modified":"2023-01-24T21:22:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:22:28","slug":"news-abortion-payment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=13536","title":{"rendered":"(News) Abortion payment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Barbara Sibbald<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/cmaj.jpg\" alt=\"Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ\" class=\"wp-image-11269\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Canadian Medical Association Journal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>The New Brunswick government is refusing to pay for abortions performed at private clinics, despite renewed warnings from Ottawa. Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh told the province it is violating the Canada Health Act . . . New Brunswick medicare only pays for abortions up to 12 weeks, performed in hospitals with the approval of 2 physicians. About 600 women a year pay up to 750 for the procedure at the Morgentaler clinic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Sibbald B. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC550626\/\">Abortion payment<\/a>. Can Med Assoc J. 2005 Mar 1;172(5):624. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbara Sibbald ExtractThe New Brunswick government is refusing to pay for abortions performed at private clinics, despite renewed warnings from Ottawa. Federal Health Minister Ujjal Dosanjh told the province it is violating the Canada Health Act . . . 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