Universal birth control coverage coming to Manitoba this fall – CTV
Aug. 22, 2024
Manitoba will be introducing universal prescription birth control coverage this fall.
The government announced Thursday it will cover prescription birth control starting Oct. 1, 2024.
“Birth control is health care,” Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara said. “People deserve to have autonomy over their bodies, autonomy over their health-care choices and to have the choice to make reproductive decisions that make the most sense for them.”
Free birth control was announced in the provincial budget earlier this year, and was an election promise made by the NDP.
Dr. Jacqueline Gougeon, the primary care obstetrics lead with the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, said cost has deterred women from accessing birth control.
