Medical Services Payment Act<\/em> stipulates that an abortion will only be funded if it is performed in a hospital after two doctors have certified in writing that the procedure is medically necessary.<\/p>\nThe letter states,<\/p>\n
We encourage you to embrace public policy that is truly pro-woman: that ensures women are fully informed about the abortion procedure, that women understand the seriousness of the risks they face because of the procedure, and, most importantly, that women don\u2019t suffer through a medical operation that is, in fact, unnecessary.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is our hope that Premier Alward and the government of New Brunswick will be able to see through the rhetoric being flung at them and continue to make good decisions in regards to restricting the use of taxpayer dollars for the purposes of abortion,\u201d said Schouten.<\/p>\n
The letter concludes by saying,<\/p>\n
The closing of a private, for-profit clinic shows that the pro-choice maxim is actually beginning to be achieved: abortions are to be safe, legal and rare<\/em>. It is our hope you will not capitulate to those who demand the funding of elective medical procedures \u2013 abortions \u2013 at the Morgentaler Clinic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On the heels of the announcement that New Brunswick\u2019s only private abortion clinic will be closing in July, over 125 respected physicians, lawyers, family organizations, and individuals have signed a public letter (see attached) sent to New Brunswick Premier, Mr. David Alward. The letter was also copied to Mr. Hugh Flemming (Minister of Health, New […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3014,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[281,277,282],"tags":[79,257,219,359,80,422,107,303,256,317],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1065"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1853,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1065\/revisions\/1853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.weneedalaw.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}