'Cost is a massive barrier that people are experiencing and making decisions about their reproductive health and they are not having the autonomy to make the decisions that are best for them.' skpoli
Mahmood said when presented with these kinds of barriers women can often find themselves in a position of choosing between rent or their health.
“Access to reproductive health and decision-making is not something that should be earned with income, it is a right and it is a basic thing that should be provided to the people of our province.”Article content She added that access to contraceptives can help reduce medical costs and health care spending. For example, according to UACSask roughly 40 per cent of pregnancies in Saskatchewan are unplanned and one-third of Canadian women will undergo a termination of pregnancy during their lifetime.
“It is a weekly thing for me to have a woman who’s having a publicly funded abortion, costing $2,200, and when she says she would like an IUD, which is a long-acting reversible contraceptive, she has no coverage for it,” said Mahood.
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