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House Hansard - 221

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
September 20, 2023 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 221 - Sep/20/23
Ms. Leah Gazan (Winnipeg Centre, NDP)
  • Sep/20/23 2:16:45 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the work of Project EmpowHER and other women’s health organizations that have come to Ottawa to advocate for universal coverage of contraception in Canada. It is time that we end financial barriers that limit access to contraceptives. I heed Action Canada’s call for “universal no-cost prescription contraception”, which is “predicated on everyone being able to give free and informed consent, and on that consent being respected”, as well as its call to “see an end to forced sterilization and discrimination in the healthcare system”. It is time to put in place a national pharmacare strategy that includes free contraceptives and get rid of the cost barriers that limit an individual’s right to choose. It is time to respect people’s bodily autonomy, including the right to reproductive choice, and to recognize reproductive rights as human rights and ensure free access to contraceptives in Canada.
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