The abortion pill has changed the face of ‘access’ to pre-born killing in Canada

A decade after Health Canada approved the use of the abortion drug RU-486 (more commonly known as Mifepristone) and eight years after the abortion drug regimen became available in January 2017 under the label Mifegymiso, chemical abortion has transformed access to abortion in Canada – and activists are pushing to go even further.

Mifegymiso is prescribed for on-label use to end the life of a pre-born child up to nine weeks of gestation; one abortion activist group noted that doctors can also “prescribe it off-label up to 10 weeks of gestation.” According to a study published in April by the Canadian Medical Association, access to “abortion services” increased in Ontario as a result, but stated that conversely, “surgical abortion services declined.” ---More...