Plan B

BC becomes the first province to offer free prescription contraception to all residents

By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer On February 28, the BC government released the provincial budget for the upcoming year and announced its commitment to make prescription contraception free for all people who menstruate  starting April 1, 2023. The current program is a pilot program — it will last for three years, and may be renewed in the future. Katrine Conroy, the minister of finance, allocated $119 million to the program for the course of three years. The program will fully cover contraception options including oral hormone pills, contraceptive injections, copper or hormonal intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUD), subdermal implants, and Plan…

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