Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Advocates say New Brunswick's decision to only fund abortions at two hospitals in Moncton, N.B., and one in Bathurst, N.B., is putting women that need abortion services in danger.

If passed, the onus would be on medical practitioners to determine why the woman is having an abortion, says the MP.

New Brunswick Health Department spokesman Bruce Macfarlane says the province is meeting its requirements under the act and is working with Ottawa to address federal concerns.

Applications for this year's version of the program opened Thursday and close Feb. 24.

The only female Conservative leadership candidate says she doesn't think possible attempts to roll back reproductive rights will 'resonate.'

The annual anti-abortion gatheringis one of the movement's highest profile and most symbolic events.

The Canadian Institute for Health Information says clinics and hospitals reported 85,195 induced abortions that year -- down 8,835 from the 94,030 procedures reported in 2017.

Professors at King's University College are calling on the school to issue an apology after screening the controversial anti-abortion film Unplanned.

Roughly 80 per cent of Republicans in Congress — 39 senators and 166 House members — signed the amicus brief.