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Abortions are covered by Health Care in Alberta, but you need a referral from your doctor for hospital procedures which are performed under general anaesthetic. Doctor referrals may be bypassed for clinic procedures which are performed with local anaesthetic. Women who do not feel comfortable going through their family practitioner for an abortion, may find it helpful to contact one of the accredited establishments listed below, or a Sexual Health Counsellor, Reproductive Health Educator, or Social Worker, through a local health unit or hospital, listed in the white or yellow pages (excluding Catholic hospitals). All clinics provide pregnancy testing, decision-making counselling, pre- and post-abortion counselling, as well as birth control counselling. Your treatment in an established clinic listed below will provide pro-woman services respecting your dignity and confidentiality. Banff Community Resource Centre - Banff YWCA 1-403-762-4511 toll free 1-800-813-4138 provides decision-making counselling and referrals Brooks Sexual Health Centre 1-403-320-0119 provides abortions up to 12 wks with local anaesthetic parental consent needed under 18 years of age Calgary Outpatient Gyny Clinic (in Peter Lougheed Hospital) 1-403-291-8555 1-403-291- 8775 offers methotrexate for women under 8 wks provides abortions up to 19.6 wks with local anaesthetic Kensington Clinic 1-403-283-9117 provides abortions up to 20 wks with local anaesthetic Calgary Birth Control Association 1-403-283-5580 provides decision-making counselling, testing and referrals Abortion Access Line 1-403-270-0109 a recorded information line providing information on clinics and accessing emergency contraceptives (the "morning after pill"). Sponsored by CARAL. CRHA (Calgary Regional Health Association) 1-403-531-8080 toll free 1-800-860-2742 provides decision-making counselling and referrals to women in Southern Alberta Family Planning Clinic 1-403-264-3454 provides decision-making counselling and referrals Planned Parenthood Alberta 1-403-283-8591 provides decision-making counselling and referrals Edmonton Planned Parenthood Alberta 1-403-423-3737 provides decision-making counselling, testing and referrals Morgentaler Clinic 1-403-484-1124 recorded info line 1-403-489-3380 provides abortions between 6 and 18 wks with local anaesthetic Reproductive Health Clinic - a free standing clinic under the Women's Health Program of Royal Alexander Hospital 1-403-477-4111 1-403-471-6760 provides abortions up until 13 wks with local anaesthetic Women's Health Program (perinatal clinic) of Royal Alexander Hospital 1-403-477-4111 provides abortion up to 20 wks under general anaesthetic to women with foetal anomalies or who are medically high risk Capital Health Authority Birth Control Centre 1-403-413-5735 provides decision-making counselling, testing, and referrals Fort McMurray Teen and Adult Health Clinic 1-403-791-6273 provides decision-making counselling, testing, and referrals Grande Prairie Mistahia Health Unit 1-403-513-7500 provides abortions up to 12 wks with local anaesthetic parental consent needed under 18 years of age Lethbridge Sexual Health Centre 1-403-320-0110 provides decision-making counselling, testing, and referrals Medicine Hat Sexual Health Centre 1-403-529-8000 provides decision-making counselling, testing and referrals Peace River Sexual Health Counsellor 1-403-624-3611 provides decision-making counselling, testing, and referrals Red Deer Sexual Health Centre 1-403-341-2101 provides decision-making counselling, testing and referrals Abortions are covered by BC Medical, and there is at least one hospital which provides abortions within each of the 17 regional health districts. You need a doctor's referral for hospital procedures which are performed under general anaesthetic, but referrals may be bypassed for clinic procedures which are performed with local anaesthetic. Women who do not feel comfortable going through their family practitioner for an abortion, may find it helpful to contact one of the accredited establishments listed below, or a Planned Parenthood counsellor, a Sexual Health Counsellor, Reproductive Health Educator, or Social Worker. Most local health units or hospitals can be helpful, and are listed in the white or yellow pages (excluding Catholic hospitals). All clinics provide pregnancy testing, decision-making counselling, pre- and post-abortion counselling, as well as birth control counselling. Your treatment in an established clinic listed below will provide pro-woman services respecting your dignity and confidentiality. The Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service at B.C. Women's Health Centre is a decision-making and referral hotline for women all over B.C. toll free 1-888-875-3163 875-3163 The Facts of Life Line managed by BC Planned Parenthood provides counselling and referrals on sexual and reproductive matters, including pregnancy options toll free 1-800-739-7367 731-4252 Abbotsford Planned Parenthood Upper Fraser Valley Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Burnaby Burnaby General Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: 875-3163 Planned Parenthood BCIT Medical Services Student Activity Centre 731-4252 Campbell River Campbell River Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood Upper Island Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Chilliwack Planned Parenthood Chilliwack Family Planning Services Upper Fraser Valley Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Comox Planned Parenthood toll free 1-800-739-7367 Comox Valley Planned Parenthood Upper Island Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Coquitlam Planned Parenthood for information, call: 731-4252 Cumberland Cumberland Health Centre To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Dawson Creek Dawson Creek Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Eagle Ridge Eagle Ridge Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Fort St. John Fort St. John Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Golden Golden Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Gulf Islands Planned Parenthood Saltspring Island for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Kamloops Royal Inland Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Kelowna Planned Parenthood for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Kimberly Kimberly Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Kitimat Kitimat General To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Ladysmith Planned Parenthood for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Lumby North Okanagan Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Mission Mission Memorial Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood Upper Fraser Valley Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Nakusp Planned Parenthood Kinsmen Health Centre for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Nanaimo Nanaimo Regional Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Nelson Kootenay Lake Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood Central Kootenay Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 New Westminster Royal Columbian Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: 875-3163 Planned Parenthood Public Health Unit for information, call: 731-4252 North Delta Planned Parenthood Boundary Health Unit for information, call: 731-4252 North Vancouver Lions Gate Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: 875-3163 Planned Parenthood Lion's Gate Hospital Medical Day Care Centre for information, call: 731-4252 Port Alberni West Coast General Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood West Coast General Hospital for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Port Coquitlam Planned Parenthood Simon Fraser Health Unit for information, call: 731-4252 Powell River Planned Parenthood Coast Garibaldi Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Prince George Prince George Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Prince Rupert Planned Parenthood Friendship House for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Quesnel GR Baker Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Revelstoke Queen Victoria Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Ridge-Meadows Planned Parenthood Central Fraser Valley Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Sechelt St. Mary's Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Shuswap Planned Parenthood North Okanagan Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Sicamous Planned Parenthood for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Smithers Bulkely Valley Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood Bulkely Valley Hospital for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 South Delta Planned Parenthood Boundary Health Unit for information, call: 731-4252 Squamish Planned Parenthood Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Sunshine Coast Planned Parenthood St. Mary's Hospital for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Surrey Surrey Memorial Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: 875-3163 Terrace Mills Memorial Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood Skeena Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Trail Trail Regional Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Vancouver UBC Health Sciences Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: 875-3163 Vancouver General Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: 875-3163 Planned Parenthood Vancouver General Hospital Women's Clinic, Willow Pavilion for information, call: 731-4252 CARE Programme (B.C. Women's Health Centre) 1-604-875-2022 provides abortions up to 16 wks with local anaesthetic B.C. Women's Hospital 1-604-875-3060 provides abortion up to 20 wks under general anaesthetic to women with foetal anomalies or who are medically high risk Elizabeth Bagshaw Clinic 1-604-736-7878 provides abortion up to 14 wks with local anaesthetic Everywoman's Health Centre 1-604-322-6692 provides abortion up to 13 wks with local anaesthetic Wiebe Medical Abortion Clinic 1-604-873-8303 provides medical abortions using methotrexate up to 8 wks Vernon Vernon Jubilee Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Planned Parenthood North Okanagan Health Unit for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 Victoria Victoria General Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Royal Jubilee Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Whalley Planned Parenthood Boundary Health Unit for information, call: 731-4252 Whistler Planned Parenthood SAFE Clinic for information, call: toll free 1-800-739-7367 White Rock Peace Arch Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: 875-3163 Planned Parenthood Boundary Health Unit for information, call: 731-4252 Williams Lake Cariboo Memorial Hospital To connect with a doctor, call the Provincial Pregnancy Options Referral Service: toll free 1-888-875-3163 Winnipeg Morgentaler Clinic 1-204-452-3226 Fredericton Morgentaler Clinic 1-506-451-9060 provides abortions up to 17 wks with local anaesthetic St. John's Morgentaler Clinic 1-709-754-3572 Abortions are covered by Health Care in NWT, but you need a referral from your doctor for hospital procedures which are performed under general anaesthetic. If you do not feel comfortable dealing with your family practitioner, regional nursing stations are the best place to go for referrals to doctors who perform abortions. The doctors in NWT move around a lot, and not all of them perform abortions. What's available in some hospitals now, may not be available next month. Other hospitals that do not offer abortions currently, may in the future. Iqaluit Baffin Regional Hospital 1-819-979-5231 provides abortions up to 14 wks under general anaesthetic Inuvik Inuvik Regional Hospital 1-867-777-2955 provides abortion (depending on doctor availability) up to 12 wks under general anaesthetic Yellowknife Stanton Yellowknife Hospital 1-867-669-4111 provides abortions up to 14 wks using either local or general anaesthetic, and up to 20 wks if a surgeon is available Halifax Morgentaler Clinic 1-902-455-9865 provides abortions up to 16 wks with local anaesthetic Ottawa Morgentaler Clinic 1-613-567-3360 Toronto Cabbagetown Women's Clinic 1-416-323-0642 Choice in Health Clinic 1-416-975-9300 Morgentaler Clinic 1-416-932-0446 toll free 1-800-556-6835 The Scott Clinic 1-416-962-4108 North York Women's Care Clinic 1-416-256-7149 There are no abortion services on Prince Edward Island. Health Care does not cover the costs of abortion in other provinces unless the abortion is performed at a hospital. For reimbursement, you need the operating doctor to fill out a special form. Even with an abortion performed at a hospital, coverage can only be granted on the basis of "certain criteria" analysed by a special review panel. Anywhere from 3 to 10 applications per year can expect to be accepted for reimbursement. To make matters more difficult, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia hospitals have an unwritten policy about not accepting patients from P.E.I. for abortion. This practice is illegal - no hospital can refuse a patient services based on which province they're from. A P.E.I. doctor's referral would not only guarantee access to a New Brunswick or Nova Scotia hospital, but arrangements would then be set up on your behalf. Unfortunately, to obtain a doctor's referral is not an easy task. Anti-choice doctors usually require the woman's life to be at risk, or some other serious medical reason. The P.E.I. Abortion Line might be able to set you up with a sympathetic doctor. Charlottetown P.E.I. Abortion Line 1-902-892-2193 toll free 1-800-663-8857 provides referral services Fredericton Morgentaler Clinic 1-506-451-9060 (you may call collect) provides abortions up to 16 wks with local anaesthetic costs between $450 to $800 depending on the length of pregnancy Hull Clinique des Femmes 1-819-778-2055 Montreal Morgentaler Clinic 1-514-351-0290 Clinique Femina 1-514-843-7904 Clinique l'Initiative 1-514-383-0503 Clinique medicale de l'Alternative 1-514-281-9848 Sherbrooke Clinique de Planification 1-819-565-0767 Regina Women's Health Centre 1-306-359-4444 Abortions are covered by Health Care in the Yukon, but you need a referral from your doctor for hospital procedures which are performed under general anaesthetic. If you do not feel comfortable dealing with your family practitioner, regional nursing stations are the best place to go for referrals to doctors who perform abortions. Whitehorse Whitehorse General Hospital 1-867-667-8700 provides abortions up to 12 wks, 16 wk or 19.5 wks, with local anaesthetic, depending on the doctors available Whitehorse Health Centre 1-867-667-637 provides decision-making counselling and referrals |
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