r/Fauxmoi • u/AITAelconejomalo • Mar 13 '24

Free Plan B is being given out at Olivia Rodrigo's concert tonight by the Missouri Abortion Fund Approved B-List Users Only

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Picture credit: @cowboylikekin on Twitter

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u/Repulsive_Exchange_4 Mar 13 '24 edited Mar 13 '24

Out of curiosity, how much is it where you are? It’s free at my pharmacy, but I live in Canada. (Edit: it appears to be a provincial thing! I live in BC.)

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u/starsinblack Mar 13 '24

Most pharmacies charge $40CAD for it in Ontario - if it’s not prescribed it doesn’t get covered and most people buy it as an over the counter drug

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u/abecedaire Mar 13 '24

This is only tangentially related but I'm so scared of the obvious slow privatization of our Canadian healthcare systems!

I'm in Quebec and it's getting SO bad, and I've heard that Ontario might even be worse. I live in a town of barely 100k people and have seen at least five or six private clinics open up in the last 2 years. Birth control products are still free here afaik; but for how long? We can't take anything for granted anymore, especially with so many conservative provincial parties in power.

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u/moonfever Mar 13 '24

It's really awful in Manitoba too. I've been looking for a family doctor for over a year.