Birth Control

• Manitoba announces it will allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control

  Manitoba's government says it will let pharmacists in the province prescribe birth control, Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara announced at a news conference Friday.

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  Aug 7
  
• Study ties some birth control to brain tumours, but risks ‘rare’: experts

  However, the overall risk remains 'rare,' experts say, and the risk generally goes away within several years of stopping the medication.

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  Jul 6
  
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• Seasonale and Seasonique birth control recalled due to missing pills

  The birth control medications have been recalled due to 'affected lot(s) may not contain the correct amount of tablets' and also missing blister cards.

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  Feb 17
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• Use of IUDs up after B.C. made birth control free

  A new study shows more women opted for long-acting birth control methods after B.C. began covering the cost, which researchers say is a strong reason for Ottawa to do the same.

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  Jul 28, 2025
• Doctors, health experts call on N.S. to cover birth control and HIV-prevention drug

  Nova Scotia physicians and other sexual health experts are calling on the provincial government to fund birth control and increase access to a medication used to prevent HIV. 

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  Jun 10, 2025
• Some Seasonale birth control pills recalled due to extra placebos

  Teva Canada Ltd. said it received a complaint that a package contained an extra row of the placebos when there should be only one row of white placebo pills.

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  Jun 5, 2025
• Birth control ring and patch linked to higher clot, stroke risk, study says

  Some hormonal birth control products, including the pill, vaginal ring and skin patch, may increase the risk of a heart attack or stroke, new research suggests.

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  Feb 13, 2025
• Liberals want pregnancy counselling charities to say if they offer abortion

  If passed, organizations that don't clearly disclose their services would be at risk of losing their charitable status, according to the legislation introduced by the Liberals.

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  Oct 29, 2024
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• Pharmacare bill covering diabetes, birth control medications passes Senate

  The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP is now set to become law after the Senate passed the bill without making any changes.

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  Oct 10, 2024
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• Free prescription birth control coming to Manitoba in October, health minister says

  Uzoma Asagwara announced Thursday that no-cost prescription birth control coverage, a plan first announced in the NDP government's 2024 budget, will be implemented Oct. 1.

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  Aug 22, 2024